About Us
We first met in a corridor at the City Lit on a cold January evening in 2006, where we were both hanging out with a man from Hong Kong who was wearing a white jumpsuit and silver shoes*. We took our first show to Edinburgh in 2007. We have since been joined in our efforts by super director Richard Hurst (Bill Hicks: Slight Return, Potted Potter, Miranda Hart), with whom we have excellent lunches.
We have performed sell out shows at the Canal Café Theatre, London, Friargate Theatre in York and the Pleasance, Islington, and we do regular short set gigs on the comedy circuit in London and Brighton. We were finalists in the Nivea Funny Women Awards 2008 performing at London's Comedy Store. Our 2008 Edinburgh show was nominated for Best Sketch/Character/Theatre show as part of the Funny Women Fringe Awards
We knitted all our props for our 2007 Edinburgh fringe show (including beards, nuns wimples, and nunchucks for ninjas. The wool was provided by the lovely people at Laughing Hens) This resulted in newfound status as ‘wool-lebrities’ and lead to us performing to thousands of craft lovers at the UK Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace and the launch of Stitch n’Bitch UK,as well as us being featured in Vogue Knitting. In 2008, whilst our show maintained its ‘hand-crafted’ feel, there were significantly less woolly items owing to our knitting related RSI!
“This sassy tour de force tickles the ribs from the get-go.” The Scotsman
“Girl and Dean are a unique & creative duo with an acute sense of the imaginary.“ Edinburgh Evening News
“They ping-pong through an intelligent set of surreal fun without missing a beat. TV awaits.” The List
“Excellent. I foresee a long career ahead.” one4review.com
“A very gifted pair of confident artistes with a bright future.” Scotsgay
“Lovely stuff. The props alone deserve an ovation...some truly nutty characters it all nips along making an hour seem too short.” Edfringe.com (audience review)
“Fresh, inoffensive fun. A true festival highlight. The hour flies by with quality sketches, knitted together with the best soundtrack at the festival. A show for everyone.” Edfringe.com (audience review)
“Loved it! Very funny.Two engaging performers. I took my 13 year old daughter & she really enjoyed it. Recommended.” Edfringe.com (audience review)
“What a hoot!” Christine Hamilton
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