year again, the season of giving is almost upon us and if you have a comedy fan on your Secret Santa list, or just want to subtly share this link around your friends and family, we have put together this list of gifts anyone who likes a laugh and supporting women will love…
Writers and performers Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson’s hit live show Britney which tells the true story of enduring friendship amidst a brain tumour (called Britney) diagnosis has now been made into a BBC Three show starring Charly, Ellen, Omid Djalili, Tony Gardner and Lia Williams.
Protest. It’s one of the first things we do. That cry all newborns make when they’re born? That’s them protesting being pulled from the lovely warm womb and out into this cruel harsh world. In fairness, I’d be livid too; I hear it’s nice in there. We’re born protesting and I think it’s one of the things that makes us human.
AS IF the year is nearly over. If I were to give the year marks out of ten, I would be on the receiving end of an angry phone call from the year’s mother because the year had come home from school crying, and I would tell the year’s mother that she can’t shout me into a giving the year a better grade, because I’m a good teacher actually but there’s only so much you can do when your child is hellbent on being this much of an asshole. Does that make sense?
Home-schooled Irish comedian Beau Holland had plenty of unique material to bring to the grand final! Beau’s story-telling skills, romanticizing alcoholism as an 11-year-old secured her a place as one of our finalists and she didn’t disappoint!
Following the crowning of the latest champion, BAFTA-winning show Taskmaster reveals the brand-new series 13 line-up featuring five courageous comedians eagerly waiting their turn to step into the Taskmaster’s house and show their mettle in the most hard-fought but utterly ridiculous show on television…
A Christmas episode of Diane Morgan’s Mandy will air this year on BBC Two. We Wish You a Mandy Christmas will air ahead of the second series of the show in which Morgan plays Mandy, a woman surviving in the gig economy who just wants to breed Doberman pinschers.
Award-winning impressionist, singer and podcaster Jess Phillips is using her outrageous talents to get us in the Christmas mood this year with her new show The Twelve Days of Jessmas. Kicking off the first of 14 shows tonight at London’s Crazy Coqs and ending on 19th December at The Hawth Theatre, Crawley…
American comedian Maria Bamford has announced that she will be touring the UK for the first time, however, she will only be playing in four cities.
ommissioned for a second series. This comes hot on the heels of the announcement earlier this month that show creator Nida Manzoor was to receive the Rose d’Or Emerging Talent Award.
Those who work in comedy are being invited to take part in a survey on sexual harassment in the industry by Get Off Live Comedy, an initiative that endeavours to make the comedy circuit safer through a confidential Human Resources service.
Once again we are delighted that Funny Women is one of 925 recipients to benefit from the third round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund with an award of £27,466.00. More than £100 million has been awarded to hundreds of cultural organisations across the country in this latest round of support…
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