British Comedy Guide

Anna Emerson

  • Writer and comedian

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The Anna Emerson three minute interview

Anna Emerson is a comedy writer and performer based in London. As one-third of critically acclaimed sketch trio The Boom Jennies, she co-writes and co-stars in BBC Radio 4 sitcom Mission Improbable. Her character comedy An Evening With Patti DuPont arrives at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this august.

Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 20th July 2014

The ​Lizzie Bates three minute interview

Lizzie Bates is a comedy writer and performer. Last year she won the BAFTA Rocliffe sitcom competition with writing partner Anna Emerson. Lizzie regularly performs solo character comedy. She runs her own night, Hoot, at the Hen and Chickens Theatre. She is bringing her debut solo show, Lizzie Bates: Reprobates, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August.

Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 20th July 2014

An interview with the Boom Jennies

The Boom Jennies, a sketch troupe trio formed out of the collision of consciousnesses of Anna Emerson, Lizzie Bates, and Catriona Knox, are a young group of comics making a name for themselves around London.

The Humourdor, 19th May 2011

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