Louis CK and George Carlin podcasts!
I know I must seem like a Luddite, but I’ve just discovered free stand-up podcasts on iTunes – on HBO there’s George Carlin and Louis CK for free!!! I’m slightly over-excited. I’m also subscribing to Ricky Gervais, Friday Night Comedy from Radio 4 (BBC), Stephen Fry’s Podgrams, The Onion News and Terry Wogan. Okay, I’m probably a bit homesick which has informed my choices a little bit. But at least this will give me something to listen to while I do my...
Read MoreMy first stand-up lesson
A couple of hours ago I had my first stand-up lesson with Dawn Whitwell. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect since I had only seen the results of a previous class at their graduation show. There were eleven of us in all, I think. A few performers, some people who worked in the business but not performing (a copy writer, an ex-props mistress, a producer) and some people not connected with the entertainment industry at all. After the introductions we all had to tell a story – it...
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.