Funny Women Behind the Scenes

Funny Women Behind the Scenes


Latest Episodes

Gender and Comedy with Abby Wambaugh and Justine Sless
May 18, 2022

Scarlett Kefford sits down with Funny Women Awards 2021 finalist Abby Wambaugh to chat about entering the comedy industry as a non binary person and how that might affect their performance and material. Mariana Feijó chats to Justine Sless about her book

Comedy Industry and Awards with Jo Brand
May 13, 2022

Carmen Mackey sits down with Funny Women matron Jo Brand to chat about the comedy industry and how it’s changed throughout the years. With the Funny Women Awards 2022 open for registration, they go into the role of competitions in a career in comedy. Ment

Winning awards and post lockdown stagefright with Nikola McMurtrie
July 19, 2021

Ivy Paige talks to comedy writer and performer Nikola McMurtrie about winning awards and what comes next. In 2020 Nikola won the Funny Women Comedy Shorts Award with her offbeat take on karaoke and she went on to win the British Comedy Guide Pro video com

Multi-media and multi-tasking with Jen Ives
July 12, 2021

Ivy Paige explores the world of media multi-tasking with Jen Ives, Funny Women Stage Award finalist 2019, writer, creator and podcaster. Recently featured in The New York Times, Jen was also a finalist in the 2020 Funny Women Best Web Series Award and has

Developing and producing comedy with Morwenna Gordon
June 28, 2021

Ivy Paige explores the world of commissioning, developing and producing comedy with Morwenna Gordon, former Comedy Commissioning Editor for Sky and now Executive Producer for award-winning production company, Expectation. Morwenna and Ivy discuss what it

Creating and influencing with the queen of content Sophie McCartney
June 21, 2021

Ivy Paige explores the world of online comedy content creation with comedian, writer and influencer Sophie McCartney, aka ‘Tired and Tested’, and winner of the  2020 Funny Women Awards Best Web Series in our extraordinary lockdown year. With ove

Writing Jokes For A Living with award-winning comedy writer Christine Rose
June 14, 2021

Ivy Paige explores what it's like to be a professional comedy writer with Christine Rose, recipient of the 2020 Funny Women Best Comedy Writer Award with Comedy 50:50. Christine has written funny stuff for The BAFTA Film and Television Awards, The BRITS,

Celebrating the Funny Women Awards with the 2020 top three: Izzy Askwith, Eryn Tett and Mary O’Connell
June 07, 2021

Ivy Paige explores what it means to win an award, the power of competing and what happens next. She does this with the help of 2020 Funny Women Stage Award winner, Izzy Askwith and her runners up Eryn Tett and Mary O’Connell. They discuss how it feels to

Performer and Writer Anna Morris shares her tricks of the comedy trade about making video content and going viral
April 12, 2021

Ivy Paige talks to the hilarious and self-confessed princess of comedy video content, Anna Morris. How do you create and write a comedy character with only 30 seconds screen time? And how do you get people to hit the illustrious share button? From hashtag

PR Guru Mel Brown gives us the lowdown on the importance of good publicity
April 05, 2021

Ivy Paige talks to entertainment industry publicist, Mel Brown about what PR really is and the value of a good publicity campaign. When is the right time to get publicity and how does this help sell your show? Ivy also quizzes Mel about the Edinburgh Frin