Jenny Collier
- Welsh
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 4
Why are there no female comics at the V Festival?
So, there are absolutely no women in the V Festival comedy line-up. Not one, in a list of over 30 comedians! Surely this is craziness. In a year when the BBC have announced there will be at least one woman on every panel show, and after the nationwide outcry when comedian Jenny Collier was cancelled from a line-up due to "too many women on the bill": Is this really acceptable? Didn't they get the memo? "We are trying not to be sexist about women in comedy anymore". Tut.
Samantha Baines, The Huffington Post, 25th May 2014Jenny Collier: I was kicked off a bill for being female
On the eve of International Women's Day, I was cancelled from a comedy show because they had "too many women" on the bill.
Jenny Collier, XO Jane, 15th April 2014Billing is everything
A couple of stories from the world of comedy this week have attested to some of the do's and (mainly) don'ts of putting together a comedy bill. Promoters Mirth Control found themselves in hot water after they dumped comedian Jenny Collier from one of their nights. The reason, she was told, was that the venue thought there were too many female comics in the line-up.
Alistair Smith, The Stage, 15th March 2014Comedy promoter apologises after dropping Jenny Collier
Jenny Collier took to Twitter after she was dropped because the 'venue did not want too many women on the bill'.
Jonathan Brown, The Independent, 9th March 2014Venue cancel woman comic as too many women were on bill
A venue in Haslemere, Surrey cancelled a performance from Jenny Collier as too many women were already on the bill.
Sarah O'Meara, The Huffington Post, 8th March 2014