Find yourself switching on the latest trash festive film on that streaming service, featuring a 00s heart-throb? Stop! Pop your scarf on, and venture into the great outdoors to sample some of the city’s best festive live comedy this December.
The queen of comedy, renowned-broadcaster, actor, and mental health campaigner Ruby Wax has announced a brand new UK tour with Ruby Wax: Absolutely Famous, also featuring her long-time collaborator Clive Tulloh.
Last week I attended the The Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Award 2025 where standout comedians from across the UK performed at St George’s Hall in Bradford, hosted by Amy Gledhill.
Get the Gobby Girls on television! this ensemble of incredibly talented performers, writers, directors and producers is ready to go. All the ingredients are there – great scripts, brilliant performances, excellent direction and an understanding of what it’s like to be a funny woman, whatever your age.
Pauline Eyre is taking her show ‘Anyone for Tennis’ on a UK Tour commencing in January 2026 in London.
Funny Women Comedy Shorts Award winner Rosalie Minnitt and four of our fabulous Glitter Challengers join a comedy line-up at Founding Mother’s event to help support Centenary Action’s Mission 2028 – a gender equal Parliament.
Jaz Ampaw Farr may have been the one to announce that she had “Truth Tourettes” during the Funny Women Glitter Challenge at the Comedy Store last week. However, all nine Challengers, business moguls who were already titans of their industry who had never performed stand up comedy, dished up some raw honesty.
Inspired by female stories, social taboos, and dismantling power structures Bryony Kimmings made a public vow in 2021 to only work on things that would help the planet. Her latest show, Bog Witch, is about uncertain times, ecosystem collapse and finding new ways to be happy.
Co-written by Nina Conti and Shenoah Allen, the script was simultaneously punchy, funny, tragic, and bizarre. The chemistry between Conti and Allen as comedians, creatives, and co-leads was electric.
One of my favourite things about the hour is Cockayne’s combination of the absurd with relatable, every day life premises, such as: a haunting character with sea shells for hair and long bright red nails, singing about the benefits of acrylics
It’s got everything you’d expect a naughty, silent, cartoon version of Mary Poppins would have – a spot of spring cleaning, some audience participation, and a comic portrayal of what Mary gets up to after hours, alone with her cleaning products…
While McGuinness may identify with being a slob herself, her comedy is far from slob-like, with well crafted puns and gags sprinkled throughout a thoughtful hour – which is established even before she comes on stage, with a help ourselves buffet of treats – it’s prepared, well considered set, delivered with a warm, calm energy.
I am good at showing up. People often comment on how busy I appear to be but surely that’s all part of the job?
I know I bang on about how the Funny Women Awards are the lifeblood of our community and I’m passionate about the importance of having safe places where those of us who identify as female can be creative, explore ideas and put them out there into the world unencumbered by social pressures.
Stand up comedy is incredibly lonely, so I’m focusing on hosting in 2025. Last week I spent 11 hours on trains (and platforms) to spend a grand total of 30 minutes performing.
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Florence Lace-Evans find squirrels hilarious, whether they are somersaulting through the trees, scurrying along a fence like a tightrope or stuffing far too many nuts into their cheeks.
The evenings are getting darker, the temperatures chillier, the fireworks are exploding a fraction too close in the park, and those early Christmas tree decorators are bursting at the seams, which can only mean one thing: November.
Funny Women talk to Nina Conti about her quirky directorial debut ‘Sunlight’, A hilariously dark and unconventional love story, following two people on the edge of life who find purpose and romance through an unlikely connection, escaping the darkness in search of some sunlight.
We’ve rounded up some tasty tour shows, wicked work in progresses, and vivacious variety shows for you to catch this month. You’re very welcome!
We’re just putting the final touches to our Awards registration process. We’ll be ready for you soon.
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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
The deadline for registration for the Comedy Shorts Award has passed.
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