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Jane Postlethwaite is an English performer, artist, character comedian, writer and actress. She is originally from Cumbria.

She was a Funny Women Finalist 2015[1][2][3][4] and a Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award Finalist 2015.[5] She was nominated for the Latest Awards Best Female Performer Award for her work in a set of comedy plays as part of Brighton Fringe 2014. Her 2016 solo character show was called Made in Cumbria.[6] The show had a sold out run Brighton Fringe in May 2016 with Lamb Comedy Productions. It was nominated for two Brighton Fringe awards - the Latest Comedy Award and for the Audience Choice Award.

The show was taken to Edinburgh Fringe in August 2016 with Sweet Venues. The show had sold out days and received 4[7] & 5 star reviews.[8] The show was directed by critically acclaimed comedy actress and writer Anna Morris [9](Bad Bridesmaid, Outnumbered) who has had 3 sell-out solo shows at the Fringe (Dolly Mixture, Would Like to Thank and It's Got to be Perfect). During the Edinburgh Fringe Jane also performed in Anna's hit Fringe show It's Got to be Perfect at the Ballroom in the Voodoo Rooms. The show was sold out every day and also got rave 4 & 5 star reviews.

She ran the successful comedy night Bad Book Project from 2015-2018, a monthly, Brighton-based free event where comedians and creatives read from their favourite bad books, which include childhood diaries or stories, fiction, and celebrity autobiographies.[5] She also co-hosts a podcast, Miraculous Cumbria Podcast.[1]

In April 2017 she was in Catriona Knox's Radio 4 comedy drama, Almost like being in Love[10] produced by Caroline Raphael.[11] The play stars Gemma Whelan and Rosie Cavaliero.

In 2017 she debuted her comedy show, The House at Brighton Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her 2018 Brighton Fringe show was called, 'Last Night at the Circus' and centred around real life stories of mental health and what it means to be successful set in a dystopian circus landscape. Since then her shows have been a paranormal sketch show called, 'Haunted' for Brighton Fringe 2019.

References

  1. ^ a b "Hove comedian could be funniest in the country". The Argus. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  2. ^ "Funny Women Awards 2015 Final - Funny Women". Funny Women. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  3. ^ "This is Desiree Burch, the funniest woman of the year". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  4. ^ "Funny Women Awards 2015 winners announced - Live - British Comedy Guide". www.comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  5. ^ a b "Night Of Comedy With The Bad Book Project (Oh, And They're Free)". Brighton Style. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  6. ^ "Jane Postlethwaite - Made in Cumbria". Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  7. ^ "Jane Postlethwaite: Made in Cumbria". Funny Women. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  8. ^ comedycoroner (2016-08-14). "Made In Cumbria". Comedy Coroner. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  9. ^ "Anna Morris". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  10. ^ "Almost Like Being in Love, Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  11. ^ Sawyer, Miranda (2015-03-08). "Caroline Raphael's influence on BBC radio will be missed". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
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