Lucy Beaumont
- 41 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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My Edinburgh festival nightmare
Lucy Beaumont, Susan Calman, Carl Hutchinson and others survive humiliation in a homemade sandwich board, a hex involving the number two, and being upstaged by a giant rabbit in the audience.
The Guardian, 31st July 2014The Lucy Beaumont three minute interview
The winner of the BBC New Comedy Award, Chortle Best Newcomer and star of BBC Three's Live at the Electric, Lucy Beaumont presents her hugely anticipated debut show at the Edinburgh Festival fringe, We Can Twerk it Out.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 26th July 2014Fringe 2014 interview: comedian Lucy Beaumont
'Johnny Vegas bigged me up and you need someone like that... There are not enough mentors in the arts'
Suzanne Black, The List, 22nd July 2014Matt Richardson: there is no north-south comedy divide
In a riposte to Lucy Beaumont's divisive opinions about comedy, the former Xtra Factor host asks how we can possibly measure what makes one joke, routine or comedian funnier than another.
Matt Richardson, The Guardian, 3rd July 2014Lucy Beaumont: northerners funnier than southerners?
The north and south breed different senses of humour. Johnny Vegas looks at faults in himself while Jimmy Carr deflects outwards. My new gag gets laughs in Hull and nowt in Windsor.
Lucy Beaumont, The Guardian, 25th June 2014Review: Lucy Beaumont's To Hull And Back, Radio 2
Moments of genuine warmth are blended into the script expertly, and I defy your heart not to bleed when Sophie reveals she finally feels clever enough to meet her absent father.
Ash Williamson, Giggle Beats, 12th June 2014Lucy Beaumont blog
Winning the BBC New Comedy Award really helped me get ahead. I always saw myself as a bit of an oddball comedy act but the night of the final, in Blackpool, made me think I might be able to appeal to a mainstream audience. I knew I wanted to write sitcom and I knew I wanted to do it on radio.
Lucy Beaumont, BBC Writersroom, 12th June 2014Radio Times review
Stand-up Lucy Beaumont, the 2012 BBC New Comedy Award winner, writes and stars in this delightful sitcom pilot, a cross between a Victoria Wood sketch and a Mike Leigh film. She is Sophie, a daft ha'p'orth stuck living at home with her proud, junk-obsessed mum (Maureen Lipman).
But Sophie dreams of becoming an actress and thinks she has a shot when she gets an audition in London for "Third in the queue at Debenhams". There's a precise yet warm quality to the writing, including a rare fresh take on mishearing the Lord's Prayer, all enhanced by Lipman's peerless comic timing.
David Crawford, Radio Times, 11th June 2014This week's new live comedy
Previews of Tom Rosenthal, Lucy Beaumont and Jason Cook.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 6th June 2014Radio 2 schedules Comedy Week
Radio 2 has announced a week of comedy broadcasts. There's shows from Tommy Tiernan, Luisa Omielan, Lucy Beaumont, Jennifer Saunders and Susan Calman.
British Comedy Guide, 27th May 2014