As 2024 continues to fly by, the comedy festival season races on, and this month in Austin, Texas, is the 12th annual Moontower Comedy Festival (10-21 April). Moontower is one of the biggest comedy festivals in the world, and this year it’s back with a whopping line up of 126 shows, with both headline and club acts to fill your boots with. Hosted across multiple venues around Austin, there’ll be a mixture of traditional stand up, sketch, podcast recordings and more. Here’s our pick of some of the best acts to see. ©Amy Sedaris, ©Margret Cho Amy Sedaris Tues 16 April @ 7:00 PM, The Paramo ..read more

Just over a year ago, I had an itch. Not the contagious kind where you find yourself in the pharmacy showing off an angry, red patch of skin on some obscure part of your body to some unsuspecting young fella who is suddenly questioning his life choices. (We’ve all been there.) No, not that kind. I mean when a thought gets into your head and you have to satisfy an urge to do something about it. Well, I had one of those. (I’ve had the other kind too but that’s a story for another day.) It occurred to me in March 2023 that it might be a good idea to try stand up comedy for the first time. Had I l ..read more

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I’ve been Anne Gildea all my life and for some of that time I’ve also been Nuala. As one of the shiny-dressed, musical-comedy trio, The Nualas, I warbled my way around the globe, showing off just how sassy Irish harmonising country girls, all called Nuala, could be. Now as Anne Gildea I’ve been touring for the past three years with my one woman show How to Get the Menopause and Enjoy it. For a show that was born out of a sense of endings, it has come a long way.   March 2020, Covid had arrived, after decades on the road The Nualas had concluded, and the day before the announcement of the ..read more

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We were overwhelmed by the response to last year’s Funny Women Awards and, with over 2,000 entries and nominations, it’s important for us to consider what resources and support we need. So we’re taking some ‘time out’ before we launch this year and asking for a little help from you. Please follow this link and complete our ‘Expression of Interest’ survey – it will only take a couple of minutes and the information will help us to decide which Awards we want to run again and maybe introduce some new categories. Click here Thanks to those of you who’ve already contributed to the survey which ..read more

April’s back baby, and we are thrilled to hear it. Refreshed and chocolate-stuffed after the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, you should be in a prime state to enjoy some cracking comedy (promise that’s not an Easter egg pun). And we’ve got all the top recommendations for you in a neat list here so you can do just that. How kind of us. 1. TOURS, WIPS AND DEBUTS  © Jessie Cave, Ria Lina JESSIE CAVE: AN ECSTATIC DISPLAY Thurs 4 April @ 6:30 PM, The Bill Murray, London You might know Jessie Cave as the actor who plays Lavender in Harry Potter, or from her 2018-19 tour show Sunrise (which i ..read more

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