2025 COMEDY WRITING AWARD LONGLIST ANNOUNCED!
We are thrilled to announce that the 2025 Funny Women Comedy Writing Award has received an extraordinary number of scripts this year. Thanks to the invaluable assistance of our fantastic panel of readers from the comedy industry, we have diligently reviewed and scored over 300 scripts, finally narrowing them down to a longlist of 20. […]
Q&A : Lorna Rose Treen, 24 Hour Diner People
You may recognise Lorna Rose Treen as our Funny Women Stage and Comedy Shorts Award Winner, 2022. She is also Dave’s best joke of the fringe 2023, Chortle best newcomer 2023, Chortle best alternative act 2024, Sean Lock award finalist 2023, British comedy guide best radio comedy 2025 and Co-creator and star of BBC Radio 4’s Time of the Week starring Sian Clifford.
Welcome to The 11% Club at Edinburgh Fringe
Women write 11% of UK sitcoms. That’s too much. Woke nonsense. Make them stop! Welcome to The 11% Club: an hour of riotously funny sketches by women who do comedy, about why women shouldn’t do comedy.
SHOWING UP
I am good at showing up. People often comment on how busy I appear to be but surely that’s all part of the job?
2025 COMEDY SHORTS AWARD SPONSORED BY BBC STUDIOS FUNNY PARTS
The dedicated Funny Women team has been hard at work day and night, watching hundreds of Comedy Shorts over the past few weeks. We are thrilled to present our curated longlist, which showcases an exceptionally high standard of videos. Our longlist encompasses a diverse range of eclectic comedy genres, and we are amazed by the […]
ANNOUNCING THE 2025 STAGE AWARD SEMI FINALISTS SPONSORED BY BBC STUDIOS – FUNNY PARTS
Thank you for being patient with us again, the process took a little longer than expected because we had to process all the comments and scores from our judges and check everything is in order! We’re pleased to reveal, those invited through to the semi-finals of the Stage Award are: Aalex Mandel-Dallal Alex Beighton Alice-India Anna […]
