JEN IVES
COMEDIAN, WRITER & SOMETHING ELSE
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Jen Ives has been doing stand up comedy around London & the South Coast for 3.5 years, and in that short time has reached the finals in the Funny Women Awards 2019, been nominated for the Leicester Mercury Awards 2019, placed second in the Laughing Horse New Comedian Awards 2018 & placed in the finals for the 2NorthDown New Comedian Competition 2019.
Jen is known for her often sideways look at what it means to be a trans woman in 2020, as well as mischievous takes on her family, gay rights, self image & whatever else is on her mind that day.
She has recently written for BBC Radio 4 Extra, as well as writing & performing in SeanceCast for HatTrick Productions.
Jen performed a well received WIP show at the Brighton Fringe in 2019 (review here) and is currently working on her debut hour for Edinburgh 2021.
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"Easy-going and gregarious with a touch of self-deprecation that adds to her confidence rather than detracts from it... great company" - Steve Bennett, Chortle.
GIGS
03/11/20 - HYSTERICAL WOMEN, 21 SOHO [LONDON]
{LOCKDOWN 3 LOL - SO NOT
TOO MUCH TBH. I AM DOING
TWITCH STEAMING ATM IN A
LAST DITCH EFFORT TO
MAINTAIN RELAVENCY}
MEDIA
WRITER/
PERFORMER
SeanceCast is a new horror sketch podcast from Hat Trick Productions, written by & starring Charlie Dinkin & Zoe Tomalin.
I wrote some sketches for SeanceCast, and also supply voices for multiple characters throughout the series.
It was produced by Benjamin Sutton. You can listen/subscribe HERE (and everywhere else podcasts are)
As the public discourse on trans people becomes more toxic in the UK, comedian & trans-woman Jen Ives is here to sort it all out, hun. Is JK Rowling The Devil? Can a man love a trans woman and still be straight? And can she get away with taking maternity leave at work?
Produced by Jen Ives. New episode every Wednesday. Subscribe HERE (and everywhere else podcasts are)
