Angela Barnes
As a fan of comedy, Barnes ran comedy nights in Brighton. In the summer of 2008, her father died. He 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 pursue it as a career. She did a 12-week workshop in Brighton, and a few months later started her stage career. Since winning the BBC Radio 2’s New Comedy Award 2011, Barnes has continued to be a regular on the stand-up circuit, playing ever bigger venues. She has also appeared on Weekend Wogan’s Children in Need Special and Russell Kane’s Whistlestop Tour, written for BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, played on Eddie Izzard’s Laughs in the Park, appeared on Russell Howard’s Good News, 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.
“She’s just a gloriously down-to-earth, straight talking and extremely funny comic” – The Guardian
Outside The Box
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