Nina Gilligan
- Actor and comedian
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Line ups announced for Just The Tonic's Edinburgh Fringe Big Value shows
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Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th July 2022New organisation launched to tackle sexual harassment in live comedy
Get Off! was set up by Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Nina Gilligan in order to create safer workplaces within little-regulated industry.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 19th November 2021Comics help tackle sexual harassment on the circuit
Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar, Russell Howard and more are to take part in two major fundraising gigs to tackle sexual harassment within the live comedy industry. They will be performing benefits for Get Off! Live Comedy, a body set up last year by a group of comedians to offer an independent human resources body for the stand-up circuit.
Chortle, 3rd November 2021Union JACK Radio launches live comedy nights
Digital radio station Union JACK is launching a series of stand-up comedy nights in Manchester, Bristol, Hull and Leicester, highlights from which it'll broadcast in a new weekly show.
British Comedy Guide, 9th August 2021Nina Gilligan wins Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2021
Nina Gilligan has won the Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2021 stand-up competition.
British Comedy Guide, 6th June 2021Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year finalists 2021
The finalists for the Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2021 competition have been announced.
British Comedy Guide, 20th May 2021Comedians stand up against workplace sexual harassment
A pair of comedians say they are standing up for victims of sexual harassment in the workplace by starting their own "HR service" for comics. The move by Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Nina Gilligan comes as a report by Welsh Women's Aid found harassment "grey areas" went unchallenged.
Jenny Rees, BBC, 10th March 2021Standing up to sexual harassment in comedy
Live comedy's lack of regulation has enabled sexist and predatory behaviour but a group of female stand-ups have ambitious plans to overhaul the industry.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 22nd February 2021Women in comedy call for 'sexual harassment protocol'
Comics want clubs to adopt a kite mark-style system, rather than having to rely on "whisper networks" in the industry.
Ali Fortescue, Sky News, 16th August 2020The sexism, harassment & assault faced by female comics
For years, sexual predators have infested the live comedy scene. But female comedians are demanding action. Is this British stand-up's #MeToo moment?
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 5th August 2020