I've always gravitated towards male stand-up comics as a general rule but it's not like I'm sexist in any way. My main reasoning is that a lot of female comics I've seen tend to base their sets around gender, weight or race. There's plenty of male comics who do exactly the same and I'm not a fan of those either, I guess there has just always been a lot more men on the comedy circuit. Shappi Khorsandi is one I've never took to for those reasons and Jo Brand isn't my cup of tea either. Recently I came across Bridget Christie after a recommendation from a female friend so I checked out some of her material and have read a few extracts from her book. This got me wondering what other female stand-up comics are on the circuit at the moment or who are up and coming. Are there any names that one can suggest so I can check out their work? I don't like one-liner acts, I prefer it when the comedian talks about those big issues but cleverly gets the laughs without having to be vulgar or harsh. Oh and yes, where do people usually pick up their comedy DVDs etc from? I tend to buy second-hand as it means I can afford to build-up my collection quicker. I've used http://www.used.forsale/comedy-dvd on quite a number of occasions.
