Celebrating Funny Women Alumni: Sadia Azmat – STILL Not Malala…
A far (and fiercely funny) cry from the call centre – Eight years since reaching the Funny Women Awards final in 2011 the seriously sassy, “wonderfully subversive” Sadia Azmat talks to Alumni Awards Coordinator Gemma Higgins about commissions, collaboration, connection, doing what you love and the need to stay true – not just to your comedy, but […]
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! […]
Celebrating Funny Women Alumni: Sophie Duker – Protective Mama Bear…
“Don’t expect vanilla. It’s a highly-melanated Cherry Garcia, baby.” Sexy, saucy with an extra serving of heart: Alumni Awards Coordinator Gemma Higgins talks to “Mama Bear” Sophie Duker about protecting her babies, covering audiences in tulips and ham and why we should all keep making room for funny women. Shout out to the 0.5… Photo Credit: David Sell Gemma […]
Celebrating Funny Women Alumni: Rosie Jones – LEGEND.
Hot off the Wembley stage, Melbourne-bound and really needing no introduction, 2016 Funny Women Awards finalist Rosie Jones talks to Alumni Awards Coordinator Gemma Higgins about living the dream, performance nerves, the prospect of early retirement and why she’s still apologising to Ryan Gosling… Photo credit: Karla Gowlett Gemma Higgins: I mean we can’t not start with Wembley. […]
Celebrating Funny Women Alumni: Megan Shandley finds her place…
An actress, comedian and singer with “flair…energy and a strong Edinburgh twist”, Awards Alumni Coordinator Gemma Higgins talks to the multi-talented 2017/18 Funny Women Awards finalist Megan Shandley about The Haunting of 47, musical bucket lists, tapping into dark humour, returning to the Fringe for Leonardo DiCaprio fans and why Nicholas Holt technically owes her popcorn… Photo […]
Celebrating Funny Women Alumni: Harriet Braine
Musical comedian, art historian, queen of the jingle: Awards Alumni Coordinator Gemma Higgins talks to Funny Women Awards winner Harriet Braine about admirable show titles, automata on Venus and why we probably shouldn’t be expecting dick jokes… Photo credit: Credit: Karla Gowlett Gemma Higgins: Harriet, the last time we spoke you were gearing up to take Apocalibrary to […]
