Magazine | July 2012

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Damsel Sophie's Guide to Edinburgh Fringe 2012

30th July 2012

1. One must create an entourage: Preferably older, richer people who are related to you and will feed you, flyer for you and pay for the majority of shows.

2. One must celebrate: Never in your life will you beg and dream and hope to be seen, reviewed and revered. A compulsion to be judged will overcome you, body and soul. You want eyes and ears and stars. Oh how you want stars. It’s not dissimilar to being a primary school and lusting after the ‘well done’ sticker with the smiley face. An unnatural sense of achievement will come over you if you get four or more. And you’ll tell everyone. You’ll keep telling everyone you…

Sell out semi-final defies Olympic opening ceremony

29th July 2012

Despite the Olympian feat of actually staging a show on the same night as the opening ceremony of the London Olympics is being televised worldwide, Friday night’s semi-final at the Leicester Square Theatre was sold out two days ahead!

To add to our sense of wellbeing, the other show booked into the large auditorium that night cancelled so we were moved in and sold a few more tickets too! A slightly more daunting prospect for the contestants as this is where we hold the final on 24^th September, but it was interesting to see who rose to the occasion of performing on a bigger stage.

So, to the epic Vangelis ‘Chariots of Fire’ music, and withou…

27th July 2012

There are many reasons as to why our upcoming visit to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is set to be extremely special. It is our 8th annual visit to the Fringe, we have so many fantastic shows in store for you and whilst we are there we will be celebrating Funny Women's 10th Anniversary! With so much to celebrate, it seems only fitting that we inject some glamour into the affair!

Funny Women is delighted to announce that it will be in partnership with Benefit Cosmetics throughout the duration of the Fringe! The fabulous Benebabes will be accompanied by their super glamorous Benebus, a travelling treasure trove of amazing Benefit goodies that we are dying to try…

27th July 2012

What with Olympics nearly here, Becky Brunning (Funny Women Semi-finalist 2012) would like to share a mockumentary inspired by her Olympic great grandfather.

A documentary crew follow aspiring 'genetic' gymnast, Becky Brunning, in her quest to win Silver at London 2012, 100 years after her great grandfather won Bronze in Stockholm 1912.

Featuring Louis Smith and the men's British gymnastic team, Team GB discus thrower Abdul Buhari and Britain's got Talent winners, Spelbound.

The Olympic Gene: Going for Silver from The Olympic Gene on Vimeo.

We're Hosting a FREE Comedy Workshop

26th July 2012

With the Fringe just around the corner, preparations for the festival have suddenly kicked into a higher gear and the excitement is building rapidly. We have so many fantastic shows and events on offer this year that is hard to keep track of when everything is happening. However, amongst our semi-final shows, presenting lara A king’s first Edinburgh run and our fantastic daily performances from some outstanding female comics, we have one more treat for you to devour!

On Saturday 11^th August, from 10:30 am- 12:30 pm, we will be running a FREE comedy workshop at The Melting Pot on Rose Street. Throughout the year, Funny Women puts on some fantastically successful worksh…