Last night we are pleased to say that a line up of funny women and a great audience raised more than just a laugh for Refuge. In fact they raised over £10,000 for the domestic violence charity.
We were at Kings Place last night with Benefit Cosmetics and Refuge to see some of the best in female comedy. Tiff Stevenson hosted the show and was very excited to get a chance to see some of her fellow funny women as "we never get booked for the same shows so we rarely see each other" (we are working on it Tiff!).
Lucy Porter was first up and revealed to us why she thought of herself as a ninja now she has reached her forties before Bridget Christie explained feminism to us and told us the alarming fact that there are no equality laws in Jersey!
Ellie Taylor shared the perks of growing to 5'9 by the age of nine, namely becoming the face of Matalan during her modelling career. Ellie also told us that vodka brings out the Essex in her accent, while Jaegerbombs have her talking like the Queen, anyone else experienced this?
Pippa Evans certainly struggles with her accent – or should that be accents? In order to overcome her accent problem she prefers to sing about the problems of "hanger" and holidays.
I don't know if I should tell you this but Luisa Omielan showed us her pants! Luisa explained why she always demands three courses when she is taken out for lunch and why she wants a penis. If you want to know why you will have to see her show 'Am I Right Ladies?'
Last night was Roisin Conaty's first live gig in months but you wouldn't have known it! She managed to make us laugh with her stories from seven years of singledom whilst wearing shoes that weren't hers.
Lucy Beumont taught us how to speak with a Hull accent and shared some words of wisdom over the origins of quiche Lorraine. Guardian and Stylist Magazine columnist Lucy Mangan joined us to read a story about a phone call to her father regarding father/daughter relationships.
We also had a double whammy of Funny Women Awards winners in 2012 winner Gabby Best as guru to the stars Marijana and 2014 winner Jayde Adams! Both made it quite clear why they had been triumphant at the Awards.
Sara Pascoe ended the evening and because it was a night of female comedians felt obliged to reinforce the ill-founded stereotype that all women stand ups talk about is periods. It was certainly the first time I have ever seen a female stand up discuss menstruation on stage and it was so funny I hope it's not the last!
It was great to see women celebrating women, humour and the great work Refuge do. Check out our events page if you want to catch more nights like this!
