Award-winning British comedian and Funny Women award winner Rosie Jones (Pushers, Channel 4) is set to join Queer Theatre’s Artistic Director Andrew Keates for an upcoming live recording of The Show People Podcast.
This summer, Pleasance returns to the heart of the Fringe. From global comedy heavyweights to first-time performers, intimate new writing to large-scale spectacle, a further 95 shows announced today expand a programme that reflects the range and energy of the festival. More than a programme, it is a snapshot of
Soho Theatre announces its 2026 programme for its home away from home, the Edinburgh Fringe.
When I founded Funny Women 24 years ago, it wasn’t just a passion project; it was a direct response to a misogynist comedy promoter I was working for as a publicist.
Award-winning duo Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd, are bringing brand new special guests to their new podcast season exploring a whole host of delightfully weird books.
Award-winning comedian and Funny Women’s Matron Jo Brand will join Jeff Innocent, Josephine Lacey, Ahir
Shah and others, to Stand Up for The Comedy School.
Orsolya Nagy brings Soviet theatre to London in her double bill ‘Charlie & Striptease’. Both plays, written by Polish absurdist playwright Sławomir Mrożek, find dark comedy in the anxieties of life under an oppressive regime.
Those of a similar vintage to me will enjoy Ruby Wax’s new live touring show, which relives a moment in time when she was indeed Absolutely Famous as the queen of the television ‘shock doc’.
“A 24-year-old Girl Guide Leader, is in the midst of a decidedly erratic moment in her life. Amid chaos, delusion and a bid for freedom from her small-town life, she makes a deathly mistake…
I joined SNL UK’s first live audience (Saturday 21st March) excited and cautiously optimistic. Excited because SNL since birth has been a benchmark for sketch comedy worldwide.
A Hilariously Raw Post-Mortem on Modern Heartbreak If you’ve ever found yourself doom-scrolling through your own sent folder at 3:00 AM, Izzy Goessens’ Crumble will feel like a personal attack in the best way possible. Taking the wreckage of a long-term breakup, she performs a high-energy “comedy autopsy” that is
French American comic Celine Kuklowsky (@celinekuk) is, in their own words, a gluten-and-lactose-free, socialist, with a sugar-baby, which they admit, is the epitome of everything the far-right are so angry about. Performing a WIP of their newest hour show Bed Boy at Top Secret Comedy club last night, Kuklowsky’s comedy
When I founded Funny Women 24 years ago, it wasn’t just a passion project; it was a direct response to a misogynist comedy promoter I was working for as a publicist.
From the chaos of consumerism, parenting predicaments and midlife plot twists, Val Troy unpacks the absurdity of trying to keep it all together.
I set up LMAOnaise Comedy as a way to shout about all this fantastic comedy I was ingesting, and to build a community of people who wanted to do the same.
Yesterday we took centre stage in London t o celebrate the first ever Live Comedy Day and spent 12 hours connecting Funny Women, supporting the hilarious Gobby Girls and hosting spectacular events.
At one of my last gigs before I had my daughter, the promoter said ‘don’t worry, when you have the baby you can just bring it to the gig, I’ll hold it in the green room while you’re onstage’.
As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2026, the global landscape for women feels more like the ‘Wild West’ than ever before.
Teresa in an improviser from London who enjoys performing emotionally connected scenes with physical and comedic elements. She has performed for over 20 years in a variety of productions and has taken to the stage in a wide range of fringe and improv festivals internatonally. Teresa also regularly performs in Twoprov
Jess Nicks is a performance artist, coach and practitioner of silliness. She is bringing her debut one-woman show ‘Bitch on the Mic’ to the Brighton Fringe in May!
London-based improviser Folusho Falegan has spent nearly a decade finding comedy in everyday life. Known for her grounded, relationship-led style, she performs across three groups: Hoopla house team Michelle, Black-led improv group Do The Right Scene and her Twoprov act Teresa & Folusho. As part of Hoopla Improv Theatre’s 20th
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The deadline for registration for the Comedy Shorts Award has passed.
If you have a short film or sketch that you think is hilarious, then enter your work for our Comedy Shorts Award to be in with a chance of winning some life-changing support and mentoring from comedy professionals.
WHAT KIND OF FILM ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
A 1- 6 minute film that can take the form of anything comical. It’s a great opportunity to show us your creative flair and have fun!
WHO CAN ENTER?
This award is open to all women filmmakers and content developers. The film must be an original narrative created, produced and devised by a woman, or women, although male cast and crew members are allowed.
ARE THERE ANY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MY FILM?
Yes – we require all films to be 6 minutes or under, to be entirely original dialogue, to not feature brand logos and most importantly, to only use music with the written consent of the performer and/or publisher either personally or via the PRS system https://www.prsformusic.com/ .
WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH MY FILM?
We will broadcast selected entries on our Funny Women YouTube channel and social media (so keep an eye out) and the top 10 finalists’ films will also hosted on a dedicated Funny Women Comedy Shorts Awards page on our website. We will also broadcast the final 3 entries as part of the grand final night.
HOW IS IT JUDGED?
Films are judged for production, concept, delivery/performance, creativity, writing and overall funniness. The top 10 films are then viewed by an independent judging panel of top television and film industry professionals who will choose one overall winner and two runners up. The final three will be invited to attend the grand final in London on the 23rd September.
WHAT CAN I WIN?
2021 Funny Women Awards Prizes
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