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Funny Women Awards 20th year. Comedy experts empowering performers, writers & creators. #FWAwards2023 . #FunatWork #standuptostandout #HERlarious #workshops

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🌟News Alert!🌟 Waiting for news about the 2024 Funny Women Awards? Head over to our website to get the latest, we need your input! #FunnyWomenAwards #2024FWA #FWAwards24
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“On the rare occasions I’ve been in writers rooms with a woman (and it’s never been more than one) you would not believe the difference it made.” - John Robins ( @nomadicrevery ) @rachelparris @50Comedy50
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Tag us into your @edfringe shows and recommendations - we’ll do our best to RT and share here.
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A Russian song about unconditional love and tolerance? Sometimes the jokes write themselves. #RUS #Eurovision2015
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It's happening! @mermhart is to play 'Miss Hannigan' in #Annie on the West End!
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Last week we launched the Best Comedy Writer Award w @50Comedy50 a new Industry nominated award created to recognise the women gag, sketch & additional material writers. We’re thrilled to have #FWAwards alumna, TV star, comedian & writer @rachelparris as a champion of this award!
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Big news announced at las night's #FWAwards2019 at Bloomsbury Theatre! #JoBrand is the official patron, or better yet, matron of Funny Women as we turn 18 in 2020. Lots of exciting things to come!
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Delighted to announce we‘ve been awarded funding from the Culture Recovery Fund to help us ensure a sustainable future in which we can continue to run & develop our Awards programme & support our community outreach activity #HereForCulture @ace_national @DCMS @hmtreasury
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DRUMROLL!!! The Funny Women Awards 2021 are now open for registration! If you're a woman in comedy, anywhere in the world, head over to our website to find more about each award and their entry requirements! #FWAwards2021
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Congratulations to @izzyaskwith for her win tonight and @marydoesgigs & @eryntettcomedy for taking the runner up spots!
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Without further ado, we are delighted to announce that the 2020 Funny Women Stage Award finalists are: @izzyaskwith @naomicooper @KTspicey @AniaMags @marydoesgigs @fionaridgewell @ChrisShineA and @eryntettcomedy
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Check out the jumper! Well spotted @FunnyWomenEd !
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What a week we had! Judges are putting in the last few scores! #FWAwards2021 Comedy Shorts and Writing Awards’ shortlists will be announced on our newsletter tomorrow, & Stage Award finalists on social media on Friday! Get your fireworks ready!
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We’ve watched, listened, discussed, considered and finally decided. Now we are proud to announce the acts through to the Stage Award Virtual Heats of the 2020 Funny Women Awards! Check out who’s through on our website! #FWAwards2020
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Congrats  to @LaGuterbock for going through to the final at our #FWAwards2019 #Edinburgh semi-final. See her again on 19th September at @bloomstheatre along with nine other finalists. Six finalists still to be announced! Keep your eyes peeled for it!
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And finally... the stage awards! The runners up are @jessiestandsup and @MarjoleinR , and the winner is... @lornlornlors !!! #FWAwards2022
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Big winner for #FWAwards2017 #StageAward @ThanyiaMoore Congrats to all and well done everyone!
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We talked to @TheBiancaDelRio about drag, comedy and insult humour: #rollerdexofhate
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Girls on top! @MaisieAdam wins @AmusedMoose new comedian last night at @edfringe ! 👏👏👏👏👏
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Out of over 433 video submissions we saw around 200 entrants live on stage representing a broad variety of comedy styles & diversity in respect of culture, age & sexuality. After lots of number crunching & deliberation, we can reveal who are our #FWAwards2019 Semi-Finalists!
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Is this a thing? Please let it be thing! #GE2015 #Poldark @PoldarkTV http://t.co/E5oAvwxnoG
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#FWAwards2021 Best Comedy Writer Award with #Comedy5050 sought nominations from producers, head writers & executives of television & radio’s comedy shows over the last 2 months. With over 60 nominations we're now happy to announce our top 3 nominees.
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The 10 finalists of #FWAwards2022 #StageAward will be performing live, at @bloomsburytheatreucl on 29th September. Hosted by @ThanyiaMoore and headlined by #FWAwards2021 winner @lararicote Book your tickets now! Also livestreamed by @nextupcomedy #livecomedy #womenincomedy
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#AddABodyPartToAFilm Saturday Night Femur
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Attention stage award entrants! Due to a record amount of entries, regional finalists will be announced on Friday- Stay tuned!!
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Surprise live announcement! #JoBrand is officially Funny Women matron and will mentor the winner of #FWAwards2019 #FWStageAward
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After much deliberation, we can now announce our top 3 finalists for #FWAwards2021 Comedy Writing Award. @KathrynBond @lily_comedy @ZoeTomalin Find out who'll be the winner, at our final, 23rd September @bloomstheatre and live streamed on @nextupcomedy
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Announcing our 2017 Funny Women Awards Regional Finalists in 3...2...1! Boom
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We are excited to announce our Top 3 for the Industry Award! Supported by @50Comedy50 and @thecomedycrowd this award is industry nominated. Congrats to @theamyannette , #AnnaLeongBrophy @HannahMGeorge . Find out who the Winner is on Thursday at the Funny Women Awards Gala Final!
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4th finalist picked for our @UNWomenUK @HeForShe charity final on the 12th March! @ChloePetts It will be an amazing night! #FWAwards2017 @TheHowardCohen
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Crafty stand-up @bechillcomedian will be presenting a brand new comedy arts-and-crafts series for CITV called MakeAway Takeaway. Read more about it on our website!
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BREAKING NEWS Serena Terry ( @mammybanter ) was announced the winner of the Content Creator Award with Soph Galustian ( @sophgalustian ) and Nerine Skinner ( @nerineskinner ) as runners up.
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We’ve announced our #FWAwards2021 #StageAward sponsored by @SkyStudios finalists and now it’s time to share with you the 10 comedians who made our 2021 Ones to Watch list!
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2014 Funny Women Awards finalist @sindhuvfunny is set to play librarian Mrs Phelps in a new film version of Tim Minchin’s stage musical of Matilda. The film will be streamed on Netflix outside the UK, where it will be released in cinemas.
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Congratulations to @izzyaskwith for winning the #FWAwards2020 Stage Award! And runners up @eryntettcomedy & @marydoesgigs And all the finalists!
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Just like that, The 2022 Funny Women Awards is done! Congrats to our winners @lornlornlors , @RubyICarr , @theamyannette and @chanwills0 THANK YOU to our sponsors and partners @SkyStudios , @nextupcomedy , @LSFF and @heatworld , @bedheadhair , @50Comedy50 and @thecomedycrowd
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“As 1 of the only stand up comedy competitions running in the world this year, we're incredibly proud of our team, judges & especially our entrants, for devoting their time & talents to making this a rare '20 comedy success story” @beckysingh #FWAwards2020
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CALLING ALL FUNNY WOMEN! Now's your chance to enter the Funny Women Awards, as we celebrate our 20th anniversary with #JoBrand ! 💋 #FWAwards2022
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Congrats to @CamGurrrl for best #ComedyShort with Polly at #FWAwards2017 in partnership with @ComedyCentralUK @VAULTFestival and @AlysMetcalf and @RoxanaDunn as runners up with Habits. And for breakthrough web series @crampsHQ for Bad Snappers!
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Phoebe Waller Bridge confirms a new series of #Fleabag for 2018!
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We're live! Get your registrations in for #FWAwards2020 ! Check the entry requirements on the awards website to find out how!
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Registration for #FWAwards2019 is now officially open! We look forward to receiving all your applications!
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Wouldn't it be great if a group of empowered women managed to buy #TheatreRoyalHaymarket ? #BossyBuyOut
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We are pleased to announce the writers and filmmakers who have made it onto the 2019 Funny Women Awards Comedy Writing and Comedy Shorts shortlists!
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. @Dawn_French and Jennifer Saunders will be reuniting (again!) this Christmas to star in a new @BBCRadio4 comedy, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane Austen?
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1st prize went to Kate Cheka who wins £500, exclusive content deal with Next Up Comedy, afternoon tea with Jo Brand, studio time with photographer Steve Ullathorne, Tatty Devine trophy necklace, support and mentorship from Funny Women, our community and industry partners.
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Time to get your tickets to see the best acts chosen from over 300 entrants for the 2020 Funny Women Awards competing for the prestigious Stage Award, broadcast live from the world famous Comedy Store in London.
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After a comedian shared the abusive emails she'd received from a promoter with us, we decided to ask the comedy community to tell us about their nightmare experiences with sexist promoters... read them here! #MeToo #Timesup
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The first episode of Dun Breedin’ is available to view on YouTube from 3.00pm today. Julie Graham and @alisonnewman talked to us on the Funny Women Survival Guide podcast, out tomorrow. Read more about it on our website!
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Yesterday evening we saw 12 more semi-finalists compete for a place in the #FWAwards2021 Grand Final - on 23rd September at @bloomstheatre - and what a hoot! If you’ve missed it, you can watch back on
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What a great evening we had last night at our #FWAwards2020 Stage Award Final! Congratulations to all eight finalists, @izzyaskwith for the win and @eryntettcomedy & @marydoesgigs for runner ups. 📷 @MarianasBits
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#FWAwards2020 Comedy Shorts Team have worked over the last month to bring you a longlist of 25 videos of an exceptionally high standard! We are also so pleased to now announce that our Head Judge for the 2020 Comedy Shorts Award is @andiosho !
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Highlighting #FWAwards2020 Stage Award semi-finalists. @ambikamod is an actor from Potters Bar whose comedy heroes are Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Mindy Kaling.
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Lynn Ruth Miller has died aged 87. The American comedian who made Brighton her home claimed to be the oldest female comedian in the world and will be greatly missed by the UK comedy community.
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A truly great evening of comedy at @KomediaBrighton & #FWAwards2017 #RegionalFinal - well done to winner @AmyCMason , runners up @MaisieAdam & @Kathkinson & all the acts for being #funnywomen !
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And the winner of the #FWAwards2016 is... @HarrietBraine Massive congratulations!
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📣 SHOW RECOMMENDATION! ⭐ ROSIE HOLT: THAT'S POLITAINMENT! (WIP) ⭐ @RosieisaHolt returns - this Sunday at 2Northdown - with a fantastic show that’s a hearty mix of politics and entertainment. Read more June recs here!
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We’ve gone through the @edfringe programme, flicked past the pages & pages & pages of white-men-looking-baffled (t-shirt optional this year) & selected some shows we think you should see! @beckysingh @FunnyWomenEd @MarianasBits
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For the first time in 40 years, two women have been selected for the Radio Comedy Writers Bursary. The initiative gives new writers a chance to write for a year across various shows & this year @SadKatler & @_brinky were named recipients of the bursary.
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The drama is over. The dust has settled. The debates are over. Without further ado, we are delighted to announce who the #FWAwards2021 Stage Award finalists are. Head over to our website to find out who they are!
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@BenefitUK We asked our community and they said **drumroll** ...Elf! #ClassicComedy #CorrectWayToUseAnEscalator
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Drum roll please... after much virtual deliberation amongst our fab judges for the Northern #FWAwards2017 Regional final, the winner is @LouiseYoung_ ! Runners up are @mcshands & @Lazy_susan_ . The remaining #WildCards to be announced later this evening. Thanks for your patience.
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We are delighted to announce the top three finalists for this year’s 2021 Funny women Comedy Shorts Award! Ada Player, @JoWiggins @TVZaraJ Find out who'll be the winner, at our final, 23rd September @bloomstheatre and live streamed on @nextupcomedy
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😍 SHOW RECOMMENDATION CLAXON! 💫 SOOZ KEMPNER: Y2K WOMAN 💫 Sooz Kempner @SoozUK is back with a new show this Thursday at The Bill Murray. A political whizz with a quick wit, you may know her from her fantastic Twitter feed. Read more recs here:
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Our record-breaking number of Comedy Writing Scripts have been read, scored and furiously debated multiple times and we can now reveal the official #FWAwards2020 Shortlist.
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. @Channel4 commissioned a Late Night Talk Show from @DeborahFW We definitely think there should be more women led TV and hope a season will be commissioned!
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Congratulations to our #FWAwards2021 #StageAward finalists announced yesterday! To see who wins all 5 Awards, book your tickets to our Grand Final, Thursday 23rd Sept, live at @bloomstheatre Hosted by @jaydeadams & headlined by 2020 winner @izzyaskwith
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“I feel greatly honoured to be asked to be head judge for the Funny Women comedy writing award this year." We are delighted to announce that @vickipepperdine is the head judge for this year’s #FWAwards2020 Comedy Writing Award!
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And the winner is... a very shocked but well deserved @RubyICarr ! #FWAwards2022
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Exciting announcement! Here are the mentors for our #FWAwards2017 #StageAward finalists - @WhelanGemma @sindhuvfunny @arnabacus @philnichol in spirit of @HeForShe @UNWomenUK #ArtsWeekLDN who will support 2 acts each
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As we edge closer and closer to #FWAwards2021 Grand Final, and after some very difficult judging due to the amazing quality of entries, we have announced the shortlists for Comedy Writing and Comedy Shorts Award. Head over to our website to see them!
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Comedian and improviser @rachelparris has written a book based on all the advice she has gathered from her audience on post-it notes during her tours.
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And a massive Congratulations to our Top 3 for the Comedy Shorts Award Supported by @LSFF Amazing work @LoreleiMathias , @lornlornlors and @SGrantCreative & @KatrinaAllen_ !! #Shortfilms #FWAwards #FunnyWomen
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Highlighting #FWAwards2020 Comedy Writing Award shortlisted writers. Olivia Phipps ( @livi27 ) is a writer, producer and stand-up director based in Basingstoke.
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And the winner is... @theamyannette ! #FWAwards2022
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Drumroll... winner of our #FWBestShow Award is @annamorriscomic & @georginawedding for #itsgottobeperfect !!! HUGE CONGRATS!!!
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To all you #funnywomen out there - keep talking, keep writing. Find your voice and use it and we can one day end this inequality.
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The #USElectionResults show that the fight for gender equality must go on
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Exciting news on this frosty night! As standard SO high we're putting 4 Wild Cards through to the #FWAwards2017 #CharityFinal on Mon 12 March at #DuchessTheatre @NimaxTheatres . They are @MaisieAdam @mcshands @ThanyiaMoore @Lazy_Susan_ - what a line-up! Congrats all!
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BREAKING NEWS The Funny Women Comedy Industry Award, supported by The Comedy Crowd, was won by Sarah Bowles. Sarah has been recognised for her work for the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards, set up in response to the potential cancellation of the long-standing Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
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Less than a week away from our Grand Final at @bloomstheatre ! Find out who are the winners of #FWAwards2021 while enjoying a wonderful show, with performances from the 10 #StageAward finalists, headlined by @IzzyAskwith & hosted by @jaydeadams
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Congrats @RivkaUttley our finalist & wild cards @Hulseye & @amyvreeke ! Brilliant night at @The_Lowry #fwawards2016 .
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been appointed in the role of President of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. @edfringe
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We are delighted to announce the finalists performing at the Funny Women Awards Final 2016!
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Kathy Burke has been named as one of the guest judges on the next series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.
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2016 Funny Women Awards finalist @CatherineBohart (Mock the Week, The Mash Report) and @HelenBaBauer (Live at the Apollo) are launching a brand-new comedy podcast, called Trusty Hogs.
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