Comedy in the Community returns to Medway
We are extremely proud that our Comedy in the Community programme has been awarded funding by Medway Council and the UK Government for the third year running.
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 […]
Funny Women on the Fringes of Edinburgh Society
We are excited to have been invited by the Fringe Society to facilitate an entire weekend of comedy workshops, panel discussions and networking on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd August at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Our Funny Women Weekend Comedy Academy has been specifically designed as an introduction to comedy, covering four main topic areas; […]
Stand Up to Stand Out – An Accidental Conference
Do you tend to fluke your way through life? Need to boost your confidence to get ahead in your career? Don’t have a voice and want to stand out? It’s tough being a modern businesswoman. On a daily basis we face multiple obstacles that we have to overcome just to get by, let alone get […]
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 […]
A WOW of a Weekend
Roughly five minutes away from the Southbank Centre, where the Women of the World Festival (WOW) ran from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th March this year, the trestle tables piled high with books for the regular book market and people enjoying the warm sunny weather. One notable genre of literature stood out on the stalls more […]
