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Comedians Indoors Getting Creative: part 2
Comedians aren't just at risk of cabin fever during this time of social distancing and self-isolation, gig cancellations have meant not just loss of earnings but also fewer chances to try out new material or build audiences. However, being a creative lot, comedians have been flexing their comedy muscles online, using YouTube, Twitch, Twitter and other sites to connect with audiences, new and established alike. To help you get your comedy fix, every week we'll be putting together a list of projects we've spotted online by funny women...
Funny Women, 27th March 2020Streaming with laughter: 50 best stand-up comedy shows
From Bill Hicks to Hannah Gadsby, Dave Chappelle to Josie Long - here are 50 specials you can watch right now.
Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Ellen E Jones, Brian Logan and Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 22nd February 2020Live review: Funny Women Final
The fourth act in this year's Funny Women Stage Award final, Charlie George, commented soon after coming onstage that "No-one is straight any more." She had clearly being watching from the wings or chatting to her fellow finalists as almost all of this year's Funny Women final line-up were either gay, bisexual, transsexual or pansexual. It's probably a reflection of both the comedy world and the "real" world and good to see that people can be open and honest about their sexuality at a time when society also feels like it is in danger of becoming more closed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th September 2019Funny Women final 2019 review
With so much of today's best comedy, especially on TV, coming from women, it seems more ridiculous than ever to think of female-led comedy as a sub-genre. And judging by the impressively strong final in this year's Funny Women award, there are plenty more talented comics waiting in the traps to keep redressing the industry's historic gender imbalance.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th September 2019Funny Women Awards finalists' funniest school moments
The Funny Women Awards finalists reveal their funniest school moments.
Marc Chacksfield, ShortList, 15th September 2019Meet the 2019 Funny Women awards finalists: Kemah Bob
Next up on our list of 2019 Funny Women Awards Finalists is Kemah Bob who impressed us all at the London semi-final at Dingwalls...
Funny Women, 13th September 2019Announcing the 2019 Funny Women Stage Award Finalists
This year's Stage Award finalists - who have fought their way through 433 entrants and across a video entry stage, heats and semi-finals - are: Celya AB; Kemah Bob; Sian Davies; Charlie George; Liz Guterbock; Jen Ives; Helena Langdon; Sarah Mann; Shelf, and Laura Smyth.
Funny Women, 27th August 201930 stand-up comedians you need to see
To celebrate the legends that bring us the lols, we've put together a bumper list of our favourite comedians performing at the moment - the big names and the ones you've yet to fall in love with.
Zoe Paskett, Evening Standard, 9th May 2019Meet the women running LGBTQ-friendly comedy nights
What's up Funny Women! This is Siân Docksey about to drop the hottest guest blog since someone decided that was a thing (i.e. me, just now.) I'm launching my new alternative comedy night Permitted Fruit at a lovely new LGBTQ-friendly venue that warmly welcomes anyone and everyone, so I decided to have a chat with the boss LGBTQ women who run comedy nights in London. Read on for their excellent tips and to play the accidentally-created drinking game 'How many more times will Siân derail her own interview by talking about astrology?'
Siân Docksey, Funny Women, 26th February 2019Young comics reassess Bill Hicks
He was the Kurt Cobain of comedy, railing against advertising, politicians, the war on drugs, even waffle waitresses. What do the new generation make of the chain-smoking motormouth?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th February 2019