Laura Smyth
- Stand-up comedian, writer and actor
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Funny Women Awards 2019 winners
Laura Smyth, Teresa Burns, Samantha Lyden, Lydia Rynne, Laura Seixas and Hannah Brackenbury won prizes at the Funny Women Awards 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 20th September 2019Live 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 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 2019Meet the 2019 Funny Women Awards Finalists: Laura Smyth
We were at Dingwalls in Camden for our London leg of the 2019 Funny Women Awards semi-finals and yet again the competition was fierce!
Funny Women, 5th August 2019