celebrity funny women (unedited – 07/03/09)
Posted by jameskettle on March 9, 2009
It doesn’t take much for a stand-up to become a TV presenter, as comedians from Clive Anderson to Alex Zane have found out in their time. Exactly how easy it is go the other way should become clearer by the end of this cheerful one-off event. Organisers Funny Women have been helping to develop female talent on the circuit for the last six years, thanks mainly to their annual New Act competition. Now they’re giving a group of celebrities, including sports anchorwoman Gaby Logan and Eighties Blue Peter siren Janet Ellis, one day to pick up the basics of stand-up before delivering a set at the London Studios. Each celeb gets their own mentor comedienne, so helping Janet to deliver some jokes she wrote earlier will be Jan Ravens, the virtuoso impressionist from TV’s Dead Ringers. The whole shindig will help to raise money for Put Your Foot Down, a campaigning charity working against violence to women and the spread of HIV and AIDS in the developing world.
