Brave New Words with Jessica Fostekew

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Fostekew’s individual and eccentric delivery matched with her genuine nerdy passion for words made learning at ‘Etmolycollege’ very fun indeed.

So spake Funny Woman Hannah about Jessica Fostekew's Edinburgh show, Brave New Word, this year. 

Luckily, for those of us not lucky enough to have been at Edinburgh, St James Theatre is playing host to Jessica tomorrow night with her gag-suffused show about brave words, new words and brave new words which we know to be as exciting as the last day of school and twice as much fun!

Time: 9.15 pm

Date: Thursday 8th November

Venue: St James Theatre, 12 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5JA

For tickets book HERE. 

St James Theatre regularly shows funny women, pop back for more recommendations soon! 

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