Funny Women is excited to host the last of our Online heats for the 2025 Funny Women Stage Award – the funniest acts emerging from 14 heats across Ireland, the UK, and Europe will progress to the semi-finals in August 2025.
Please note that this is now a bumper edition as we had to cancel our Sunday evening heat due to a certain football match that we clashed with! Long live the sisterhood and the Lionesses, of course!
Join us for this extended event where we will be choosing the last two wildcard winners to go through to the semi-finals – YOUR VOTES COUNT!
The Funny Women Awards have been celebrating and supporting brilliant new female comedy talent since 2003. Past winners and finalists include Katherine Ryan, Sara Pascoe, Sophie Duker, Bridget Christie, Jayde Adams, and Desiree Burch, to name a few!
Join us for a showcase packed with stand-up, character comedy and everything in between—it’s a unique opportunity to see the future stars of comedy before they hit the big time.
The Funny Women Awards provide a vital platform for fresh voices in comedy, shining a light on acts that deserve to be seen and heard. With the support of BBC Studios’ Funny Parts, this year’s competition is bigger than ever, championing bold, original, and hilarious performers, writers and creators.


