In 2008 he and fellow comedian Marcus Brigstocke founded the Altitude Festival, a comedy/music festival in Meribel, The French Alps.
In July 2011 Keates reprised her role as Mrs Perks in The Railway Children, playing opposite Marcus Brigstocke.
In 2009, she starred alongside Phill Jupitus, Marcus Brigstocke and Sanjeev Bhaskar in the UK tour of the hit American improvisation show, Totally Looped.
The song features a sample of comedian Jim Davidson (or possibly Marcus Brigstocke impersonating one of Davidson's characters) repeating the title phrase "I don't smoke the reefer" in a faux Rasta accent.
Neiman Marcus | Marcus Garvey | Marcus Aurelius | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Greil Marcus | Marcus Brigstocke | Marcus Stephen | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | Marcus Rojas | Marcus Ullmann | Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted | Marcus Roberts | Marcus Liberty | Marcus Hahnemann | Marcus Didius Falco | Marcus Tregoning | Marcus Neff | Marcus J. Ranum | Marcus Daly | Marcus Buckingham | Marcus Borg | Marcus Aurelius Probus | Marcus Adoro | These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero | Steven Marcus | Shimmy Marcus | Marcus Westbury | Marcus Trescothick | Marcus Samuel | Marcus O'Sullivan |
Award winning performers and full runs of shows from the likes of Pappy’s Fun Club, John Gordillo, Lewis Schaffer, Nick Wilty, Sol Bernstein, Steve Day, Bob Slayer, Nik Coppin and Ivor Dembina have appeared in previous years, plus guest appearances in compilation shows from well known performers such as Alan Carr, Scott Capurro, Richard Herring, Brendan Burns, Marcus Brigstocke, Reg D. Hunter, Dan Antopolski and Paul Foot.
The programme's cast originally consisted of William Andrews, David Armand, James Bachman, Marcus Brigstocke, Anna Crilly, Justin Edwards, Mark Evans, Mel Giedroyc, Marek Larwood and Nick Mohammed, most of whom have also written parts of the show.
He also, with the help of Hugh Dennis, Jon Holmes, Marcus Brigstocke and Mitch Benn wrote The Now Show Book of World Records, a follow-up book for The Now Show.
The Players perform twice a week, Wednesday and Sunday, usually with a combination of six out of the seven regulars, although occasionally a guest performer will appear such as Niall Ashdown, Marcus Brigstocke, Stephen Frost, Eddie Izzard, Greg Proops, Steve Steen and Phill Jupitus.