In the news again
The Brantford Comedy Festival is in the news again! This article appeared in Brant News today. And I get a mention – hooray! I dunno, all this media attention could go to a girl’s head. First The Sputnik and now Brant News – where will it end? I had a blast tonight opening for Tom Green at Chrysalids Theatre in Kitchener. The audience were very responsive and Tom is a super-nice guy. I can’t wait to do it again in Niagara Falls tomorrow night and on Saturday night in...
Read MoreI finally made the big time, ma…
Today I got a hit for “Marilla Wex” on Google Alerts. Don’t judge me. You all do it. The lovely Kiley Bell interviewed me shortly after I won the Brantford Comedy Festival Rising Stars Competition. I was clearly still in shock. I didn’t know what she meant when she said she wrote for Laurier Brantford’s student newspaper. She told me it was the local university. I apologized and explained that I’m foreign. You can read the interview in its entirety here. I...
Read MoreBeing a female comedian
Saw this today on Funny or Die. It’s funny because it’s what dumb guys who like to say women aren’t funny think. What do you think? A Day in the Life of a Female Comedian from Maria Bamford ...
Read MoreOpening for Tom Green – three nights in a row
Jamie Stephens sent me a message on Facebook that I should call him. So I did. He asked me if I would be interested in opening for Tom Green in Kitchener and Niagara Falls as well as in Brantford for the Comedy Festival. I nearly spat my tea all over my laptop. “Yes! Yes! Yes please!” Three nights in a row! Needless to say I’m even more excited than when I won the Brantford Comedy Festival Rising Stars competition. Because it’s three times as much winning! Now I sound...
Read MoreI won! I actually won a stand-up competition!
As you know, I made it through to the finals of the Brantford Comedy Festival’s Rising Stars Competition a couple of weeks ago. Well, tonight was the final. Last year I came second, so I felt like the stakes were really high. When I got there, Jamie Stephens told me that they’d pre-drawn the comics and that I had the sixth, and final, spot. I had mixed feelings: on the one hand, this was a way better spot than I got last time (second); on the other hand – would the audience...
Read MoreI guess a seven month hiatus from stand-up doesn’t hurt…..
Tonight I did my first stand-up set for seven months. And lo – it was awesome. That’s not meant to sound conceited. I was nervous – it was the qualifying round of a competition that I came second in last year. I didn’t have time after Railway Children ended to book an interim gig to do a warm-up set. If I’m brutally honest I nearly cancelled last week – I felt like I had totally bitten off more than I could chew. The last show I did was That’s What She...
Read MoreGigs this week
As soon as I got my 2 weeks’ notice on Railway Children I started booking gigs…. I have three this week! Here’s what’s happening: Tomorrow night I’m competing in the Brantford Comedy Festival Rising Stars qualifying event. I came second last year but I haven’t done any stand-up at all since our Gilda’s Club benefit in January, so we’ll see how that goes. On Saturday I’m going back to one of my favourite rooms in Toronto – Poor...
Read MoreThe Railway Children closes
All good things must come to an end. But I think the entire company wished this could have gone on longer. Yesterday The Railway Children had its very last show at the Roundhouse Theatre in downtown Toronto. There was a packed house, a great performance, lots of tears and three parties to celebrate over 100 journeys to Oakworth. It was a challenging show to be a part of in many ways – the long traverse stage meant a lot of running around for all members of the company, but especially...
Read MoreMarilla who?
I am a British-born actress and stand-up comic who does lots of voice work (for commercials, cartoons and corporate clients) and sometimes, when I'm very lucky, tv and film. When I was in England I did mostly theatre. Now I'm in Canada I spend the majority of the time writing and performing stand-up. When I'm not making episodes of Talking Bollocks, that is. And that's me for you.