Women in comedy have finally come of age. Comedy driven by women is now important, persuasive, enormously influential, and big business. It wasn’t always the case; women comedians have lagged behind men for decades and been traditionally disregarded as not even very funny. How did this change? And what is it that makes women’s comedy so good?

Join us for this year’s Kellogg International Women’s Day round table, with award winning comedian, writer and actor Sindhu Vee; TV, radio and podcast comedy writer Kat Sommers; and comedy writer, producer and podcaster, Judith Holder; chaired by Kellogg Dean and Associate Professor Creative Writing, Dr Tara Stubbs.

This online event is free and open to all. A Zoom link will sent to registered attendees on the morning of the event.

Booking deadline: 9am (GMT), Monday 8 March 2021.

SPEAKERS
Sindhu Vee is an award-winning comedian, writer and actor. One of the most exciting and sought-after talents on the UK Comedy circuit, Sindhu was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer in 2018. As seen and heard on Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, The Tez O’Clock Show, QI, The Last Leg and The Guilty Feminist Podcast. (Photo credit: Matt Crockett)

Kat Sommers is a comedy writer for radio, TV and podcasts. Having started out performing live comedy, she produced it online for the BBC, before striking out on her own. She’s currently writing the third series of her Radio 4 sitcom Charlotte & Lillian starring Miriam Margolyes.

Judith Holder has been working in comedy and entertainment since the 80s producing some of the biggest comedy names in the UK – Victoria Wood, Billy Connolly, Dame Edna, Clive James, and Lenny Henry to name a few. She wrote and produced the international TV hit Grumpy Old Women, along with the stage shows, and five spin off books. Currently Judith podcasts with her co-writer Jenny Eclair in Older and Wider, which was voted one of the top ten podcasts in the UK. Her hobbies are nosing into other peoples’ business and liquorice all sorts.