Don’t annoy Kristen Wiig
Specifically, stop asking Kristen Wiig about women in comedy. She’s on the press circuit to promote her new film, Nasty Baby. Kristen plays a woman helping her gay friends to have a baby – the movie’s already received an award for focusing on LGBTQ issues. Spoiler alert, though: a twist very near the end will […]
The NATYS 2016: Spotlight Nights
No, that title isn’t the name of a new movie. It’s this year’s run of free live comedy shows – which are really auditions for the next wave of comedy talent. The NATYS (which stands for New ActS of The Year, with the S moved to the end) is put on by New Variety Lives […]
The Lady Show
Tick another box on the list of ‘things that happen to women once a month’, as The Lady Show in Vancouver, Canada has just kicked off. The Lady Show is a comedy show with an all-female line-up. Importantly, they do it because they want to and not because they have to. And I imagine they […]
Skit Box and one-upping
Controversy alert: some women have made a comedy sketch about how some women are annoyingly competitive. Loath as I am to cover yet another Daily Mail story, this isn’t going to be another rant about feminism and people getting it right/wrong. This is, at its heart, a story about comedy. The video’s by Skit Box, […]
Introducing ‘Lenny Letter’
Who the heck is Lenny? Well, not a ‘who’, but a ‘what’. Lenny, or more precisely ‘Lenny Letter’, is the name of a new site created by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner. You might recognise Jenni’s name – she was the executive producer of ‘Girls’. It’s really more of an online newsletter, with long-form features […]
Putting the ‘V’ in diVersity
Earlier in October 2015, The Drum published an open letter to Women in Advertising and Communications London (WACL). The challenge? ‘Prove your worth’. As you can imagine, this opening shot caught my attention. WACL is ultimately to the creative industry what Funny Women is to comedy. Yes, it’s meant more for women in senior roles, […]
