Luisa Omielan
- 42 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Film review: The Comedian's Guide To Survival
Comedies about stand-up comedy are difficult to pull off. How do you capture the highs and lows of performing live on film? How do you capture the buzz of the good gig, the despair of the bad gig? How do you capture a world that is simultaneously niche and mainstream? The Comedian's Guide to Survival comes pretty close.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th October 2016The Defining the Norm Awards: the nominees
Comedian Will Franken honours the most conformist acts at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Will Franken, Spiked, 25th August 2016The best shows at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe
The magic is about to start again and it's time for your annual menu of events from Punchline. It includes some discoveries since last year as well as some classics. No doubt this year's discoveries will become classics by next year...
Punchline UK, 28th July 2016Author comedians
Interviews with Bridget Christie, Susan Calman, Luisa Omielan and Shappi Khorsandi.
Jay Richardson, Edinburgh Festivals, 25th July 2016Book review: Luisa Omielan's What Would Beyonce Do?!
It's almost curious that comedian Luisa Omielan's first book is titled What Would Beyonce Do?!, obviously it's named after her hit show What Would Beyonce Do?, it would be silly not to capitalise its incredible success, but if anybody marches to the beat of their own drum, it's Luisa.
Kate Stone, Funny Women, 18th July 2016Destiny's Child: an interview with Luisa Omielan
Luisa Omielan comes back to the Fringe with a book and two dates at the EICC. Is she still the same 'free festival girl?'
Ben Venables, The Skinny, 1st July 2016Luisa Omielan: Am I Right Ladies?! review
'Empowering' is the unavoidable word when discussing Luisa Omielan. After 32 years of society's body-shaming, slut-shaming and mental-health-shaming, she's come out fighting. Well not fighting so much as singing and dancing - a powerful one-woman female pride movement.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th April 2016Luisa Omielan review
It's a very personal journey and she delivers it with passion. I've now seen three shows with a similar comedic style at this Festival and it hasn't grown stale or too earnest. Come for the belly laughs and the slight awkwardness that arises when a comedian skirts the edges and then hits home with a point.
Shane Murphy, Daily Review Australia, 30th March 2016Luisa Omielan to pilot new ITV2 comedy
Stand-up comic Luisa Omielan is developing her own show for ITV2, via David Walliams and Miranda Hart's production company, King Bert.
British Comedy Guide, 27th January 2016Luisa Omielan interview
Spurred on by a realisation that she was close in age to R&B pop superstar Beyoncé, comedian Luisa Omielan's empowering one-woman show, What Would Beyoncé Do?, became one of the most lauded Edinburgh Fringe Festival debuts in recent times.
Nottingham Post, 16th December 2015