The Women in Comedy on the Rise list features 18 female comedy writers, performers and directors who are shaping the future ...

The confessional classic opened the floodgates for a generation of brilliant female showrunners. But as risk-averse streamers tighten their purse strings, is the industry forcing women’s stories back ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The stereotypes about women in comedy are well entrenched - apparently tampon jokes, bagging out ...

We asked Ashley Frieze, one of the organisers of Funny's Funny, the new competition that aims to support female stand-ups, to tell us more about how the organisation started, how things are going, and ...

The standup comic addresses the sexism that female comedians face and reiterates, real comedy is honest and unfiltered. Swati Sachdeva, Romita Mazumdar and Shashi Dhiman Comedian Swati Sachdeva took ...

To mark the film’s release, we thought we’d cast our minds back and look at 10 more of the best female-driven comedy films of all time. Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash and Brittany Murphy in Clueless.

The first female comedian was thought to be Cleopatra. We base that on a papyrus account of a conversation among her servants. "The Queen wants to bathe in milk." From Cleopatra to Lucille Ball, the ...

The Hollywood Reporter held a fantastic ‘Women in Comedy‘ round table recently, hosting a range of female comedians talking life, work, sexism, racism, political correctness in comedy, the awkwardness ...

There are more female comedians at the Adelaide Fringe than ever before, but the challenges facing women in the performing arts are no joke. This year, there are 72 female comedy acts at the festival, ...

With the number successful female comedians, including the likes of Victoria Wood, Tina Fey and Sarah Millican, anyone with an ounce of common sense would think the 'Are Women Funny?' debate had been ...

Stand-up comedy in Australia is renowned as a white man's game. Nowhere is that truer than at the small, amateur end of the industry. Looking at the list of names at Sydney's open mic nights, only a ...