Why Your Comedy Needs You!
The 2016 Funny Women Awards are open. Sign up and get funny! If a 59-year-old vicar can get to the finals, surely you have a chance? Why bother? Because we female comedians are still an endangered species; that’s why. Last week I did a bit of leafleting for Funny Women before performing at their showcase […]
Christmas vs Happiness
Christmas always reminds me of the phrase: “When you’re up to your neck in alligators, it’s easy to forget you set out to drain the swamp.” This time of the year we women seem to spend half our time complaining about the expense and commerciality of Christmas. Some say, sadly, “of course, Christmas is for […]
Death by Halloween Chocolate
Our local Rector was very dismissive about Halloween this morning at the weekly Soul Space meditation. Understandable; we’ve turned it into a festival of fancy dress and chocolate rather than the time of understanding that this is the time of year when the veil between this world and the next is believed to be at […]
So, you want to be a comedian?
Friends tell you that you’re funny — ‘You should do stand-up.’ And now you’re wondering whether they’re right… Firstly, ‘should’ doesn’t come into it. ‘Should’ is not a good word. Nearly always it means ‘I’m not going to make the effort but I’d like to watch you change dramatically and maybe even set yourself up […]
Funny Women Awards Finalists announced!
Phew! We’re finally here! After beating nearly 300 acts to reach the Funny Women Award semi-finals, our semi finalists joined us to showcase their spectacular new comedic talent at RADA Studios in London, tickled us pink in Brighton at the Komedia, and had queues round the block at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last week with last year’s winner, Jayde […]
