Funny Women

Funny Women is an online and in-person workshop community dedicated to the support of female comedians.

This comprised two days of intensive comedy and confidence training, including a Stand-Up to Stand Out comedy workshop run by Lynne Parker, an improvisation workshop facilitated by Courtney Cornfield, writing for radio hosted by Paul Dodgson and character creation with Hattie Naylor.

The Funny Women website contains a ‘magazine’ containing opinion pieces,[5] podcast reviews & recommendations,[6] live show critiques and actively encourages submissions from budding writers wanting to sharpen their comedy writing skills and get online presence for their work.

Contestants include female talents such as Bridget Christie, Susan Calman, Katherine Ryan, Andi Osho, Kerry Godliman, Sara Pascoe, Zoe Lyons, Holly Walsh and Sarah Millican.

The University of Kent holds material relating to Funny Women as part of the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.

Desiree Burch gaining the award in 2015 (with Lynne Parker )
The 2014 awards, left to right: Megan Heffernan, Sally Cancello, Jayde Adams , Lauren Pattison , and Aine Gallagher
A Funny Women comedy workshop organised by the founder, Lynne Parker, in 2014