We’re looking for 10 brave and talented comedy virgins to perform five minutes of stand-up comedy at the world’s largest arts festival, the Edinburgh Fringe, in August 2026.
New to comedy but you are already a seasoned public speaker? No problem.
“The Glitter Challenge was hands down the best learning I’ve engaged in this year and I spend my life speaking at conferences! it has transformed the way I stand on stage to speak to audiences.”
Jaz Ampaw-Farr – award-winning motivational speaker and author speaking about the 2025 Glitter Challenge.
WHAT’S THE DEAL?
There is a price tag as this is a fundraiser. We make it easy as the fundraising element is built in. No need to canvas for sponsorship – just show up and perform.
If you are looking for an exciting rollercoaster ride of a challenge and want to help us pay it forward by improving creative access for women in marginalised communities or circumstances, please join us on this special and glittery comedy journey. This includes:
- A series of exclusive Glitter Challenge comedy bootcamps.
- Access to our existing event programme of Comedy Crash Courses and Stand Up to Stand Out workshops with our experts to explore comedy ideas and kickstart the comedy process.
- Working with an assigned personal comedy mentor (professional comedian, comedy writer or creator) to perfect your set.
- Access to our full team of comedy mentors via one-on-one sessions (you will be given an allocation of hours to work with them as part of your deal).
- A live Edinburgh Fringe Preview at a central London venue with constructive feedback.
- Introductions to perform at other comedy gigs for practice purposes.
- AND… the ultimate challenge: perform live in a comedy showcase at the world’s largest arts festival, the Edinburgh Fringe in August (date tbc) in one of the festival’s iconic venues.
Price £3,000 + VAT – payment terms available.
Earlybird* £2,500 + VAT – payable in full by 31st December 2025.
*This is the same rate as this year. We have had to increase the price for next year based on real costs and feedback from our Challengers.
We will provide you with invoices as this programme is a fully tax deductible business expense. Please email admin@funnywomen.com for payment terms.
All profits costs go towards funding the next stage of The Glitter Project. Your fee will include all comedy coaching and mentoring, expert facilitators, venue hire and promotion – you will have to cover your own transport and accommodation costs for Edinburgh.
“The support and guidance from the mentors and workshops were invaluable, I felt like I improved a thousand times over with the advice they gave. You won’t find a more confidence building, life-enhancing opportunity out there.”
Harriet Minter – speaker, coach, author and 2025 Glitter Challenger.
THE GLITTER PROJECT
Funds raised by The Glitter Challenge are supporting The Glitter Project – A Safe Place which provides safe, inclusive and accessible places for women to explore their creativity, develop self-confidence and be inspired through comedy.
Launched with funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England and other donations, we ran a programme of Mentoring Meetups and Open Mics from October 2024 to May this year.
Please read about why we created The Glitter Project and the incredible woman who inspired us, Jo Fletcher-Cross. Together we’ve created an amazing legacy which Jo writes about in her article about paying it forward with a bit of glitter.
“It’s a wonderful soul filling experience to make others laugh and be heard. As part of the Glitter Challenge you receive incredible support, friendship and mentorship.
“You won’t regret it, and they won’t let you fail.”
Robin Golinski – executive business coach from USA. 2025 Glitter Challenge cohort.
Read more about the experiences of our 2025 Glitter Challenge cohort here.
If you want to take part please email info@funnywomen.com with ‘I’m up for the Challenge’ in the header.
