It’s been almost a year since we launched the first of our Funny Women Challenges in which we challenge women from business and all walks of life to pick up a microphone and perform stand up for the first time.
We have once again joined forces with The Victoria Foundation, a local medical charity to challenge a new group of women to perform at our next event on Tuesday 1st November. This will take place in the luxurious setting of Cannizaro House. Proceeds raised from this event will go to the Foundation to fund a number of local projects.
Our team of mentors are currently in the process of training up five women from business and the community to release their inner funny and deliver to a paying audience. Mentors include two contestants from this year’s Funny Women Awards, Teresa Jennings (semi-finalist) and Janet Bettesworth (Finalist).
This event will be hosted by Janet Ellis of Blue Peter fame. So, want a list of the Challengers? Here’s one we made earlier! (Couldn’t resist)
MEET THE CHALLENGERS
Rachel Merrick
Rachel Merrick is is an enthusiast of the great outdoors and runs her own landscape design company. She has a keen interest in creating sustainable environments, with a particular focus on capturing and diverting rainfall through a carefully designed landscape, she aims one day to find a simple workable design solution to make solar and photovoltaic roof panels look more aesthetically pleasing within the landscape.
You can find out more about Rachel at www.elementaldesigns.co.uk. Aside from this she is at a loss to explain why she agreed to take part in this event!
Kish Modasia
Kish is a professional leadership coach and company director. She works with individuals and teams to make small changes that have a huge impact. KIsh works as a 'thought partner' with business owners, managers and individuals to help them get the most motivation and energy from their jobs. Coaching is a wise investment for individuals and organisations alike and Kish encourages people to open their minds to new ideas and fresh ways of thinking, challenging people through fun and play to become more aware of their strengths and uniqueness.
To find out more about Kish and what she does go to www.leadyourlife.co.uk
Gail Downey
"I spend much of my working life encouraging people to face the camera and take part in media interviews, face an audience to do presentations and public appearances, so I could hardly back out from this Stand Up Comedy Challenge could I? Well yes actually I could but these kind of opportunities only come round once in a blue moon. All I need to do now is to work out how to fill the theatre full of laughing gas…"
Janet Borrow
Janet Borrow is a partner in a local firm of solicitors. She has lived in Wimbledon for over 20 years. She has a daughter, Victoria at university and a cat called Tiptoe who still lives at home.
She likes walking, yoga, reading and cooking for friends.
Vicky Peirson
After university (Italian Renaissance Studies) and two years in Iran, Vicky arrived in the City later than some. She spent twelve years managing private client accounts in a major stockbroking firm, married the boss and gracefully retired. She has two stepchildren, now in their thirties, and two boys; one just starting university, the other still at school. She spends most of her time in Richmond, making life fun for her ninety-year-old parents, recording newspapers for the blind and more recently helping out at the Star & Garter Home for disabled service men and women. She is currently building a new career as a voice-over artist.
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Pictured from the top down: Rachel Merrick, Gail Downey, Janet Borrow and Vicky Peirson.
