Pauline Eyre takes ‘Anyone for Tennis’ on the road

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Pauline Eyre is taking her show ‘Anyone for Tennis’ on a UK Tour commencing in January 2026 in London. Multi-award-winning comic and a regular on the UK stand-up circuit, Pauline also took on the role as one of our comedy mentors for Funny Women’s first Glitter Challenge this year imparting her wisdom to our comedy newcomers.

Pauline’s 2024 show Body was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Ish Awards, she won the Edinburgh Comedy Awards Panel Prize in 2018 for The Homesafe Collective with Angela Barnes and Sameena Zehra and the Edinburgh Ish Awards Panel Prize for The Glitter Project with Funny Women.

When not performing comedy, Pauline facilitates workshops for universities and businesses. Bespoke courses include Finding Your Voice, Speaking Up in Meetings and Improving Presentation Skills. sShe has been a voiceover artist for 25 years, for clients including Persil, Aptamil, Superdrug, McDonalds, LandRover, GoKat and Huggies. She is represented by Sue Terry Voices.

She returned to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2025 with ‘Anyone For Tennis?‘ which was nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Ish Awards, and received multiple 5-star reviews and praise from her peers; Angela Barnes said “She’s warm, wonderfully funny and you’ll want to be her pal” and Joe Lycett described her “Exquisite joke-writing”.

You can find all the details about ‘Anyone for Tennis?’ and book your tickets here.

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Kate Owen
Kate is a TV Producer with over 15 Years of Experience. She started her career working on primetime comedy series with A-List Talent, then progressed into FactEnt programming and Quiz shows. She eventually moved into Documentary; specialising in Archive but also Edit Producing and Script Writing. Kate is developing her freelance writing career and looking for more opportunities within this sector.
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