I was climbing the walls so I signed up for a free online women’s comedy workshop in February to keep my brain ticking over. It was the push I needed to start writing things- turns out I had a fair bit to say about tiny birds. Stand-up is a very recent thing for me it was a lockdown decision. I seemed to exclusively play God, the Devil, or a prostitute for an unsettling amount of that time. Then, I accidentally enrolled in a clowning course in Barcelona in 2009, came back, and decided to set up a theatre company.
NB: I studied Theatre and Performance at Bretton Hall Uni (after two years trying to survive a PR degree).
#FLESHY FUN BRIDGE WOMAN FULL#
I completely underestimated the grandeur of the event! I came armed with a pair of walking sandals, a head full of animal facts, and a Greggs Belgian bun for after the show. All other rounds had been on zoom so to suddenly be in such a fancy space with fleshy people twisted my melon a bit! I’d never performed stand-up in front of a live audience before, so it was a baptism of fire but a delightful one! Natalie Bellingham: Oh my word, it was immense. I felt simultaneously sick and like a Viking all at the same time. Natalie impressed our judges enough to make it from our Zoom Awards heats to the live Grand Final at the Bloomsbury Theatre, little did we know it was her first-ever live gig! We caught up with 2021 Funny Women Awards finalist Natalie Bellingham to talk about her Awards prep, sensible sandals and nefarious dolphins…įunny Women: How did it feel to perform at the Funny Women Awards final? Natalie Bellingham caught our eye with her ruminations on tiny birds and lychees.
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