Celebrating Funny Women Alumni: Stevie Martin – Goofery, Polished…
Ahead of her debut show Vol: 1 hitting Soho Theatre, Awards Alumni Coordinator Gemma Higgins talks to 2014 Funny Women Awards finalist Stevie Martin about gaining confidence as a solo act, the best advice Gandhi ever gave her and why the start of anything is the best bit. Photo Credit: Idil Sukan Gemma Higgins: Congratulations on Vol:1, Stevie! […]
The Vagina Monologues, Osaka
I’m not totally sure how this happened, but I nearly made it to the ripe age of 30 without having seen The Vagina Monologues. Smack on the wrist. Luckily for me, my friends put on a performance this month. Shows are generally overseen by the V-Day feminist organisation, giving people the freedom to run their […]
The Office Sunset Blues
Take a good look at this photo. Go on, I’ll wait. Once you peer past the stacks of paperwork, the confusingly shredder-shaped dehumidifier, and the dual-monitor setup – that’s a pretty damn nice sunset, right? This photo was taken from my work desk. It was something like 5.15pm. Painfully close to clocking out and grabbing […]
Curbing my enthusiasm
I started a new job this week. Is that applause and cheering I can hear? How kind. Thank you. Thank you so much. It’s early days, for sure, but here I am being cautiously optimistic. Naturally, making a good first impression (and having an incident-free first week) helps. So, I’ve been careful. I leave time […]
Yuriko Kotani (& more) in Osaka
Before coming to Japan, I lived in London for four years. To have never – ever – seen Yuriko Kotani do stand-up in either of those places yet? ‘An oversight’ would be putting it mildly. Also, Yuriko and I follow each other on Twitter. (If you’re not already following YurikoComedy, go do it.) So when […]
Apples and pears, or apples and oranges?
Translating between Japanese and English is hard enough most of the time. Throw in some proper British lingo, and the whole thing starts going a bit Pete Tong. I don’t think my accent’s too hard to grasp. Siri understands me, at least. (Sorry, Northerners!) It’s the colloquialisms that trip people up. How exactly do I […]
