Damsel Productions and Bush Hall present two nights of live comedy featuring some of the top women performers on the UK circuit.
Kemah Bob will host with Rosie Jones, Sophie Duker, Elf Lyons, Siblings, Loose Willis (Pecs), Yuriko Kotani and Jordan Gray performing in front of real-life audiences on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 June in one of London’s most thrilling venues, Bush Hall. They’ll be joined by an all-women live band led by Anya Pearson of Dream Nails and followed by DJs.
Bush Hall said: “We are so delighted to open our doors up again and to kick off working with Damsel Productions and hosting this incredible line-up feels like the perfect way to bring comedy and theatre back to life.”
Damsel Productions said: “Damsel is thrilled to be bringing live entertainment back to audiences, with our ongoing mission to celebrate and give a platform to talented women artists. Having just dipped our toes into the world of comedy and cabaret, we look forward to continuing this trend, starting with this exciting new show at the iconic Bush Hall!”
Read more about the acts below:
KEMAH BOB (pictured) is a comedian, writer, producer and drag king from Houston, TX, now based in London. Her work is pro-black and sex positive, using comedy as a tool for enlightenment and empowerment. Kemah has MC’d events performed at clubs, theatres and festivals across the UK. She is also a regular co-host on The Guilty Feminist podcast and can be seen on Stand Up For Live Comedy (BBC1), Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club (ITV), Don’t Hate The Playaz and The Stand- Up Sketch Show (both ITV2). Kemah runs the FOC It Up! Comedy Club and can also be seen online, delivering her TED Talk, What Would Kanye Do?
SOPHIE DUKER is a comedian and writer whose favourite things include breaking hearts, taking names and telling jokes with the confidence of a cis straight middle-class white man. Her Edinburgh Fringe Show, Venus, saw her nominated for the Best Newcomer award and gained five-star reviews. The success of this show saw her performing a sold-out two-week run at the Soho Theatre. Sophie has appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), 8 Out of 10 Cats (E4), Mock the Week (BBC2), Don’t Hate The Playaz (ITV2), Dave Gorman’s Terms and Conditions Apply (Dave) and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC2). She can also be seen in Riot Girls (Channel 4), Quickies (BBC3) and Roast Battle (Comedy Central). Sophie is also the host of the monthly comedy night, Wacky Racists Comedy Club.
JORDAN GRAY is a comedian and recording artist and the creator and co-star of the record-breaking Comedy Central series Transaction. Beyond comedy, she is perhaps best known for being the first ever transgender contestant on The Voice, reaching the semi-finals in 2016.
ROSIE JONES (pictured) is a comedian, writer and actor. After starting out as a television researcher, she turned to stand-up in 2017 and has gone on to appear on TV shows including Jonathan Ross, Live At The Apollo (BBC1) and Mock The Week (BBC2), Her own primetime travel show, Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure, recently aired on Channel 4. She has just written her first book, The Amazing Edie Eckhart, the first in series for pre-teens about disability and sexuality.
YURIKO KOTANI is a UK-based Japanese comedian. She was named as “one to watch” by Time Out and won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2015. She appeared on Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, Pls Like (BBC3), The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC), Big Juice (Channel 4), Paul Hollywood Eats Japan (Channel 4) and Soho Theatre’s online play, The Boss of it All.
ELF LYONS (pictured) has steadily gained a cult reputation as one of the most innovative performers on the UK comedy circuit. Since 2017 Elf has been nominated for Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality, Fringe World Perth's Best Comedy Show and in 2018 Elf won Pick of the Fringe at the Adelaide Fringe, Australia.
SIBLINGS is a comedy double act featuring character comedians and IRL sisters Maddy and Marina Bye. In the last four years they have performed across the UK in festivals and on the live circuit. They have sold out three consecutive Edinburgh Fringe runs as well as a sold-out extended run at Soho Theatre in 2019. In 2020, The Guardian included them as one of “The sisters who became ferociously funny comedy duos”. Siblings is a cacophony of character and sketch. Marina studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama while Maddy studied at the same time at the Parisian Clown School, École Philippe Gaulier.
LOOSE WILLIS is an electrifying performer, hilarious raconteur and erotic enigma who is currently residing in his car. Loose performs as part of Pecs Drag Kings, an all-women and non-binary Offie Award-winning theatre and cabaret company who’ve been creating critically acclaimed shows for the LGBTQ+ community since 2013.
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