It has been revealed that comedy legends French & Saunders will reunite on stage in the West End for the first time in 17 years, in the 11th season of The London Palladium Pantomime’s performance of the magical rags-to-riches fairytale Cinderella.
Funny Women is proud to celebrate the success of Funny Women award winner Lorna Rose Treen, whose latest achievement sees her join the writing team behind the highly anticipated UK launch of Saturday Night Live.
I joined SNL UK’s first live audience (Saturday 21st March) excited and cautiously optimistic. Excited because SNL since birth has been a benchmark for sketch comedy worldwide.
A revolutionary new UK comedy consultancy, REPPD, has been launched by former Funny Women Senior Producer, Kate Lennon with the aim of providing agent-level support to unrepresented comedy talent.
No fooling! Wednesday 1st April is the first ever Live Comedy Day and we have curated a bumper all female line up to celebrate in style at London’s most iconic live comedy venue, with Funny Women Live at The Comedy Store!
The all-female sketch sensation Gobby Girls: The After Party returns to Soho Theatre for four shows from 1st to 4th April.
The deadline for registration for the Comedy Shorts Award has passed.
If you have a short film or sketch that you think is hilarious, then enter your work for our Comedy Shorts Award to be in with a chance of winning some life-changing support and mentoring from comedy professionals.
WHAT KIND OF FILM ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
A 1- 6 minute film that can take the form of anything comical. It’s a great opportunity to show us your creative flair and have fun!
WHO CAN ENTER?
This award is open to all women filmmakers and content developers. The film must be an original narrative created, produced and devised by a woman, or women, although male cast and crew members are allowed.
ARE THERE ANY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MY FILM?
Yes – we require all films to be 6 minutes or under, to be entirely original dialogue, to not feature brand logos and most importantly, to only use music with the written consent of the performer and/or publisher either personally or via the PRS system https://www.prsformusic.com/ .
WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH MY FILM?
We will broadcast selected entries on our Funny Women YouTube channel and social media (so keep an eye out) and the top 10 finalists’ films will also hosted on a dedicated Funny Women Comedy Shorts Awards page on our website. We will also broadcast the final 3 entries as part of the grand final night.
HOW IS IT JUDGED?
Films are judged for production, concept, delivery/performance, creativity, writing and overall funniness. The top 10 films are then viewed by an independent judging panel of top television and film industry professionals who will choose one overall winner and two runners up. The final three will be invited to attend the grand final in London on the 23rd September.
WHAT CAN I WIN?
2021 Funny Women Awards Prizes
The deadline for registration for the Comedy Shorts Award has passed.
If you need further information please contact us here