Women in Comedy Festival

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Rosie Wilby: The Conscious Uncoupling

In a brand new solo theatre and storytelling show, Radio 4 and festival regular Rosie Wilby interweaves a rich, romantic narrative about two people connecting over a shared love of Richard Hawley music and the London skyline with their eventual breakup emails and the visits of three ghosts from our romantic future, past and present.

Although she never thought she’d be inspired by Chris and Gwyneth, is ‘conscious uncoupling’ the way forward? If we could erase our past loves as Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey’s characters attempt to do in the film Eternal Sunshine Of The Sunshine Mind, would we eventually decide against it as they do?

‘…a beautifully intimate and thought-provoking gem… one of the highlights of this year’s Brighton Fringe’ Remote Goat ★★★★★

‘…tender and exquisite’ Everything Theatre ★★★★

‘…from hilarious to heart-wrenching’ Female Arts ★★★★

Gulliver’s Ballroom, 109 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LW

Doors 18:15 | Show 18:30-19:30

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Angela Barnes

Described as “brilliantly funny” (Sarah Millican) BBC New Comedy Award winner and the star of Stand Up For The Week, Mock The Week and Radio 4’s News Quiz, Angela Barnes brings her solo show to the 2016 Women in Comedy Festival

‘A gloriously down-to-earth, straight talking and extremely funny comic.’

Guardian

Gulliver’s Ballroom, 109 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LW

Doors 19:45 | Show 20:00-21:00

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Jen Brister

The “Gorgeously talented”, (Tim Arthur, Time Out) Jen Brister began working at BBC 6 Music in 2007, where she presented a number of different shows and starred in Russell Brand & Trevor Lock’s ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ for BBC Radio 2. Jen firmly established herself as one of the best stand up comics on the UK circuit and her solo shows soon received rave reviews at the Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe. Since then, she’s performed 2 more shows; ‘Now & Then’ and ‘Wishful Thinking’ to critical acclaim in Australia, Asia, Edinburgh and enjoying sell-out runs at London’s Soho Theatre.

Gulliver’s Ballroom, 109 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LW

Doors 21:15 | Show 21:30-22:30

Early bird tickets £7 or £10 on the door BUY TICKETS

Club Feminista – Open Mic and Official Afterparty

Cabaret style open mic opportunities for all art forms, comedy, music and an all female line up of DJs including DJ Karen and 5 minute comedy set from acts such as Carla Pol, Lubna Ker Marie Golbourne and Jo Duncan (tbc) and Claire Stopford (tbc),Chelsea Thompson (tbc)

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