After two months, 25 heats, and lots of paper sorting and brow beating… we are delighted to announce that the following acts are going through to the Regional Finals of the 2017 Funny Women Awards!
REGIONAL FINALISTS
Adele Cliff
Aideen McQueen
Alexandra Haddow
Alice Marshall
Amy Mason
Ania Magliano-Wright
Anna Clifford
Anne Klein
Aoife O’Connor
Ashlee Bentley
Britney
Cat Neilson
Cath Rice
Chloe Petts
Cressida Wetton
Daisy Earl
Denise McDermott
Emer Murphy
Erin Ferguson
Esther Manito
Fatiha El Gohri
Grace Mulvey
Hannah Platt
Helen Bauer
Isabelle Farah
Jen Ives
Jenan Younis
Jess Bray
Jess Brown
Jo Fletcher-Cross
Jo Frank
Jo Heffernan
Joanne Sargison
Jodie Mitchell
Judi Love
Julie Jay
Kate Dolan
Katherine Atkinson
Katherine Ferns
Kathryn Mather
Kelly Convey
Kristina Pui
Laura Byrne
Lily Philips
Lindsay Davies
Lindsay Santoro
Lisa Casey
Louise Leigh
Louise Young
Lydia Bernsmeier-Rullow
Maddie Campion
Maggie Kowalski
Maisie Adam
Megan Shandley
Melanie Drew
Natalie Allison
Olga Koch
Pauline Eyre
Sahar Ali
Sal Drummond
Sandra Hale
Sarah Mann
Shelf
Sian Clark
Sian Davies
Siblings
Simone Belshaw
Steff Todd
Susan Riddell
Susie Steed
Thanyia Moore
Sikisa ‘Twix’ Bostwick-Barnes
Yumni Mohammed
We would also like to recognise the acts that we believe have huge potential, attracted our attention and that of our wonderful audiences around the UK and Ireland. These acts are our Ones to Watch and we urge you to support and see them performing live so that they make the Regional Finals in our 2018 Awards.
ONES-TO-WATCH
Alice India
Alice O’Brien
Alisun Fox ‘Bon Mot’
Amelia Stubberfield
Anjali Shah
Anna Dominey
Augustina Dias
Blaithin de Burca
Bobbie-Ann Jose
Breda Larkin
Caroline De Burca
Catherine Heskey
Chelsea Birkby
Chelsea Hart
Chloe Driver
Ciara Jack
Claire Keegan
Corey Cummins
Daisy McCarthy
Davina Bentley
Eleanor Mason
Elizabeth Guterbock
Elle Bert
Eryn Tett
Esyllt Sears
Fiona Frawley
Imogen Edmondson
Isa Bonachara
Janet Garner
Janine Harouni
Janis Haves
Jeannie Jones
Jenny Bolt
Jess McDonagh
Jessie Nixon
Jo D’Arcy
Joann Condon
Kari Johnson
Katherine Tanney
Kayleigh Cassidy
Kelly Ford
Kirsty Mann
Lady K
Lauren Bond
Liz Prokowicz
Lola-Rose Maxwell
Lubna Kerr
Luisa Callander
Lulu Popplewell
Margaret McHugh
Maria Corcoran
Marie Goldbourne
Megan Cardel
Mel Medford
Mister Lorraine
Naomi G
Nellie Van Den Broek
Northern Powerhouse
Ophelia Hocquard
Pam Tilling
Rachel Fitzsimmons
Rachel Sambrooks
Rosie Holt
Ruthe Phoenix
Sally Firth
Sara Barron
Sarah Breese
Sarah Johnson
Shivani Thussu
Siân Docksey
Sophie Lloyd
Steph Browne
Sukh Ojla
Yvonne O’Reilly
These lists represent an amazing array of diverse and charismatic talent selected from over 400 acts we saw live on stage throughout the heats. Thanks to all those of you who took part and we look forward to six amazing Regional Final events in February 2018.









