Angela Barnes
| Angela Barnes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 November 1976 Sidcup, England |
| Medium | Stand-up, television |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy |
| Influences | Linda Smith |
| Website |
www |
Angela Barnes (9 November 1976 in Sidcup, Kent, England) is a BBC New Comedy Awards winning English comedian[1] and an enthusiastic listener to BBC Radio 4, in particular the programme The News Quiz. One of the regular performers on the show - the late Linda Smith - is her comedy hero.[2]
Early life
Barnes was brought up in Maidstone, Kent.[3] She went to Invicta Grammar School then, in 1996, the University of Sussex in Brighton[4]
Comedy career
During the summer of 2008, Barnes lost her father, who was an important influence on her comedy and had always encouraged her to become a comedian. A year after his death, she decided that life was too short not to. She did a 12-week workshop[5] in Brighton and a few months later started her stage career, 18 months later she won the competition.[6]
Since winning the BBC Radio 2's New Comedy Award 2011, Barnes has continued to be a regular on the stand-up circuit, playing even bigger venues. She has also appeared on Weekend Wogan’s Children in Need Special and Russell Kane’s Whistlestop Tour for Radio 2, written for Radio 4’s The News Quiz, played on Eddie Izzard’s Laughs in the Park on BBC Two, appeared on Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three, developed her own series with BBC Radio Comedy, and performed at the Latitude Festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park.[7]
In June 2013, Barnes became noted for an article in The Guardian that followed a blog post she had written, where she spoke about how she felt society treated people deemed ugly and her feelings as someone who self-identified as such.[8] she returned to the subject in 2015 as the subject of her Edinburgh Fringe Show[9]
In November 2013, Barnes joined the cast of the topical show Stand Up for the Week and, in February 2014, appeared on Radio 4's The Now Show. IN November 2014 she appeared on Radio 4's The News Quiz.
She has also appeared on Mock the Week on BBC Two and Dave's As Yet Untitled alongside Alan Davies, Janet Street-Porter and Michael Ball and in Mid 2016 toured New Zealand.[10]
Series
You Can't Take It With You
Stand-up series. Based on her critically acclaimed début show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014, You Can't Take It With You, the show covers important topics such as life, love, family, work and death.
The four-episode series is in part a tribute to her characterful late father, who was a sex shop manager, naturist, and an enthusiast for caravans and pranks, and a heavy influence on Barnes. He taught her a 'Carpe diem' approach to life, and the show takes its name from his motto.[11]
Awards and nominations
- BBC New Comedy Awards 2011: Winner
References
- ↑ "Angela Barnes wins BBC New Comedy Award 2011". British Comedy Guide. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ↑ "Radio 2s New Comedy Award winner Angela Barnes looks forward to Maidstone homecoming". Southport.gb.com. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ↑ Hometowns - Ep 7. Maidstone with Angela Barnes
- ↑ "Angela's Fringe benefits". Kentonline.co.uk. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ "Workshop Graduate Angela Barnes Wins BBC New Comedy Award 2011!!!". Jill Edwards Comedy Workshops. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ↑ "Angela Barnes's News". Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ "Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park - 2012 - Acts". BBC Radio 2. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ↑ Barnes, Angela (17 January 2012). "I am ugly, and proud of it". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ↑ Castle, Jil (2015-08-27). "Angela Barnes on why it's good to be a self-deprecating comedian". The Herald Scotland. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1602/S00344/bringing-the-big-laughs-to-kiwi-hot-spots.htm
- ↑ http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/angela_barnes/
