Women Like Us is the stand up comedy sensation created by local comedians Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs.
With over 320 performances in cities and regional centres, big city theatres and dusty regional halls they are excited to dust off their heels for a gig at Coorabell Hall with some of the proceeds going to Grandcarers Project for grandparents caring for their grandkids.
An anomaly in their industry – kickass comics AND middle-aged women – they realised that it didn’t matter how good they were, they were always going to be behind the 8 ball in an industry that favours under 30’s and is dominated by blokes.
After years of performing for women’s luncheons and fundraisers to audiences that fangirled them like crazy, they both decided that there was an audience out there for them – they just had to go out there and find them. And so began Women Like Us.
Ten years on
The magic of the show is the combination of talents. The big, warm, outrageous Nolan and the laid back charisma of sharp shooting, natural born storyteller Ellen Briggs.
‘We’ve had heaps of 5 star reviews from Australia’s premier comedy festivals’ says Ellen, ‘but the reviews we take to heart are the ones we get from audiences show after show. They keep turning up, some coming back for the 4th and 5th time.’
Ellen Briggs is a nationally recognised headline comic, a RAW finalist, she’s featured on ‘Hughesie We Have a Problem’ and is regular on ABC radio. Mandy Nolan is a columnist for the Byron Shire Echo, a writer for Mamamia, and most recently took her Award winning show ‘The Candidate’ about her tilt to Melbourne Town Hall for the Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Women Like Us is about housework, chickens, love, feminism, small dogs, big butts, disappointment, resentment, sex when you’re drunk, fit bits, yoga farts and being a menopausal woman dealing with teenage angst. They’re overworked, overweight and over it…
Women Like Us bring the comedy love to Coorabell Hall on November 30. Show at 7.30pm. Tickets available here.
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