Funny Women founder Lynne Parker wins Silver in 2025 Best Businesswomen Awards
We are thrilled that Top Funny Woman Lynne Parker received a silver Lifetime Achievement award from the Best Business Women Awards 2025. The awards were established to recognise and celebrate the achievements of women across all industries, celebrating women who are not only building successful businesses but also breaking down barriers, creating impact, and inspiring others to follow.
The Women In Comedy Festival 2025 is here…!
Now in its 14th year, the Women In Comedy Festival has kicked off another year with an excellent array of events featuring outstanding talent from the world of comedy and bringing it to beautiful Manchester. The organisers of The Women In Comedy Festival know its importance, it is vital, “as undiscovered talent has had limited outlets and exposure for nearly 4 years now, and the lack of many festivals recently. Our Industry also needs healing, to come together again and socialise, network, showcase, learn, teach and reconnect.”
FUNNY WOMEN FOUNDER LYNNE PARKER RECOGNISED WITH BRITISH CITIZEN AWARD FOR THE ARTS
Our Comedy Champion to Receive Prestigious BCA Medal of Honour for the Arts at Palace of Westminster. We are bursting with pride here at Funny Women to announce that our brilliant founder, Lynne Parker, will be recognised with the British Citizen Award (BCA) Medal of Honour for Services to Arts (BCAa) at the Palace of […]
Funny Women partners Gerety Awards on Humour Cut
The Gerety Awards, named for Frances Gerety, the copywriter who in 1948 coined the slogan “A diamond is forever”, has invited us to assemble a unique Funny Women Jury for the Humour Cut.
Funny Women founder speaks up for Live Comedy in DCMS State of Play Select Committee
Funny Women founder appears alongside comedians, agents and other live comedy industry experts at DCMS Select Committee.
Why I stand back for stand up
Recently one of the Funny Women Team was asked why I run our workshops in stand up comedy when I am not a comedian. A perfectly reasonable question. The fact that I do run them is a happy accident. We had a workshop booked and the performer who was to run it for us fell ill […]
