Nudinits Knit Safe for Work
When I say I want to see more women in comedy, I don’t usually mean more of the body parts which make them distinctly female. I can certainly appreciate the female form in art and sculpture, but an underdressed woman on stage is more likely to make me giggle out of embarrassment. Someone on the […]
Stand up to Give it a Go!
The regular Funny Women Stand Up To Stand Out workshops are designed for complete beginners. It’s a supportive, short introduction to developing funny ideas and having the confidence to present them. Now, you’d expect me to say something positive like that as someone who writes for www.funnywomen.com quite often. But this week I took myself […]
Taming Who?
You’ve probably heard of Harrods. You might not have heard of St. Saviour’s Church, which is just behind the swish department store in Knightsbridge. The church is the home of the Intermission Youth Theatre group, and this week a few of us visited to see their modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, […]
Putting the Man in Manzai
If you think women in comedy here in the UK aren’t on TV as much as they should be, you should see Japan’s male-dominated comedy scene. Manzai is a traditional stand-up comedy style, and is always performed by a duo. The ‘tsukkomi’ is the straight-laced one, and the ‘boke’ plays off that seriousness with the main […]
An Observation: Jongleurs
I’ve finally been to Jongleurs in Camden, and as far as the comedy went it was a bit of a mixed bag. Something did bother me a bit, though. All four acts on the bill that night were men. That’s not a terrible thing in itself: there are a lot of people out there trying […]
An Audience with the Awards
My face hurts. I spent last night at the finals for this year’s Funny Women Awards, and my poor face is still aching from all that giggling. And I wasn’t alone, as from the sound of it the rest of the audience had just as great a time. The comedy just kept on going, with […]
