Brighton Comedy Festival in Pictures!

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Kate Stone

Last Saturday, Funny Women hit the Brighton Comedy Festival, wowing the audience with a fantastic line-up. Julie Jepson hosted the evening superbly…

Julie Jepson

Iona Dudley Ward delighted the audience with her hilarious characters. Dance teacher Genevive, went down a treat with a pirouette and flip when you least expect it. Lyn, the confidence coach also returned attempting to inspire confidence within the audience to no avail.

Lyn the confidence coach

Iona as Genevive

Both Sarah Hendrickx, from this year’s award finals and Kerry Herbert chatted the audience to a chuckling frenzy.

Sarah Hendrickx

Kerry Herbert

The Maydays brought mahem to the theatre in the form of a rap-off with audience participation and a sprinkling of improv in the form of songs, in one case based on the life of an audience member.

Audience participation in the ‘rap off’

The Maydays complete their fantastic set

To bring the show to a brilliant end, Rachel Parris took to the stage with her keyboard, delivering hilarious songs of the horrors faced when moving house and the truth about being in a half hearted relationship.

Rachel Parris

All in all a fantastic show at the Brighton Comedy Festival and being shorter than our usual shows – we certainly filled our hour with a huge line up of fantastic female comedy talent!

Photos by Lucy Hutchison

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Funny Women NextUp…Comedy Shorts Award

Are you a budding Director? Producer? Screenwriter? Are you collaborating with friends to make a funny video? Then we are looking for YOU!

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.

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2021 Funny Women Awards Prizes

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