Wendy Wason
Wendy Wasonis a Scottish writer, comedian and actress.
Career[edit]
Wason reached the grand final of the BabychamFunny Womencompetition atThe Comedy Store (London)in 2005.[1]
In 2008 Wason appeared onLast Comic Standingand she did her firstEdinburgh Fringe Festivalhour long show calledThings I didn’t know.[2]
At the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Wason did two shows whilst nine months pregnant, performing at The Stand Comedy Club in her own one-woman show, and at the Gilded Balloon in the show Looser Woman withKaren Dunbar.[3]In 2012 Wason performed at the New York Comedy Festival.[4]Wason returned to the Edinburgh Festival again in 2016 with her showTiny Me.[5][6]
Wason has written and starred in her own sitcom forBBC ScotlandcalledHalf My Age Plus Sevenbroadcast in October 2014.[7][8]Wason was a regular onBroken News.[9]Other TV acting credits includeMidsomer Murders,[10]Sherlock,[11]Coupling,Channel 4sitcomThe IT Crowd,[12]Tittybangbang,andDoctors.[13]
AlongsideMackenzie CrookWason voiced the audiobook ofCharlotte Streetwritten byDanny Wallace (humorist).[14]Wason has written a regular column forThe Huffington Post.[15]
Wason has been a guest onThe Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith.[16]Wason has been a guest on theBBC Radio ScotlandprogrammesBreaking the News[17]andThe Good, the Bad and the Unexpected.
Personal life[edit]
Wason was born inDurbanin South Africa and lived there until she was three years old before moving to Edinburgh in Scotland. At five her parents got divorced. Wason worked as a teenager at the Gilded Balloon Box Office in Edinburgh, where she later performed. Wason has three children and lives in North London with husbandStephen Hagan.[18][19][20]
Wason supports the charityIntegrated Education.[12][21]She performed alongside comediansEd Byrne,Gráinne Maguire andCarl Donnellyat the London Irish Centre on 2 November 2018 to raise funds for theIntegrated EducationFund in Northern Ireland.
References[edit]
- ^Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business."A very funny woman: News 2005: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide".chortle.co.uk.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^"AmusedMoose - Performers - Stand-up Comedy Soho Kings Cross Awards Courses".www.amusedmoose.com.
- ^Banana, Giant."Screaming With Laughter Comedy".Screaming With Laughter Comedy.
- ^"Backyard Comedy Club".www.BackyardComedyClub.co.uk.
- ^"Wendy Wason – Tiny Me 4**** - One4Review".17 August 2016.
- ^"Wendy Wason: Tiny Me: 4 star review by Fiona Mossman".broadwaybaby.com.
- ^Guide, British Comedy."Half My Age Plus Seven - Radio Scot Sitcom - British Comedy Guide".British Comedy Guide.
- ^"BBC Radio Scotland - Half My Age Plus Seven".BBC.
- ^Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business."Wendy Wason, comedian news: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide".www.chortle.co.uk.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^"Midsomer Murders - Dance With the Dead - Main Characters-Roles".midsomermurders.org.
- ^"'Sherlock' Season 3 news summary ".9 January 2014.
- ^ab"'I'm amazed schools in Northern Ireland are segregated'"– via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^"Actress and comedian Wendy Wason on children, acting and comedy".
- ^Wallace, Danny."Charlotte Street".www.penguin.co.uk.
- ^"Wendy Wason".HuffPost UK.
- ^"174 – Wendy Wason - The Comedian's Comedian".www.comedianscomedian.com.
- ^"Funny Women, Comedy Zone - BBC Radio Scotland".BBC.
- ^"The A to Z of Wendy Wason".HeraldScotland.
- ^"Stephen Hagan: James Nesbitt brought some drama into my life"– via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^"The Wendy Wason Three Minute Interview by Martin Walker".broadwaybaby.com.
- ^Integrated Education Fund (3 October 2018)."Wendy Wason asks you to join her for a one-off comedy special"– via YouTube.