Tell us about you/your act. I’m a storytelling comic. As soon as anything happens in my life that’s remotely amusing, embarrassing or weird, it gets written down. If you go through the ‘notes’ app on my phone, all you’ll find is ideas for sets and other people’s WiFi passwords. Then at some point I sit … Continue reading “If I ever took an audience for granted before COVID, I certainly never will again! ” | Naomi Cooper on live audiences, pyjamas at work and the 2020 Funny Women finals
Category: Interviews
“I’m mostly just frustrated with banal things that don’t matter.” | Mary O’Connell on represenation, Zoom gigs and the Funny Women 2020 finals
Tell us about you/your act. I’m mostly just frustrated with banal things that don’t matter. What’s your favourite thing about working in comedy? Trying out a joke for the first time and it working. What challenges have you faced working in comedy? Being a woman, you have to prove yourself a bit more, you have … Continue reading “I’m mostly just frustrated with banal things that don’t matter.” | Mary O’Connell on represenation, Zoom gigs and the Funny Women 2020 finals
“It was fun to write sexy literature about domestic actions that make you feel tingly.” | Laura Lexx on imagining marriage in her new book, Klopp Actually
Tell us about your book, Klopp Actually. It’s a little diary of an imaginary relationship with someone who is intoxicatingly sensible. A little reminder to myself that I know how to be practical and curb my anxiety but sometimes it’s easier to take advice from someone else. What inspired you to write a book imagining … Continue reading “It was fun to write sexy literature about domestic actions that make you feel tingly.” | Laura Lexx on imagining marriage in her new book, Klopp Actually
