Come to our Christmas
Comedy Show
Support maternal & child health.
Comedy with a cause
Our comedy shows are about more than just guffaws and giggles - they’re a powerful force for good, raising vital funds for our life-changing projects in Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda and the UK.
Date: Monday 2nd December 2024
Venue: Leicester Square Theatre, London
Time: 7:30-10pm; Tickets: £19-24
Use code COMEDY6 for 15% discount on group bookings of 6 people or more
Jenny Eclair
Jenny was the first woman to win the Perrier Award – the UK’s top comedy award – in 1995.
Since she’s toured multiple sold-out shows countrywide, including Sixty (FFS!), starred in BBC1’s Grumpy Old Women, appeared on Channel 4’s Taskmaster, and published her new autobiography, Jokes, Jokes, Jokes: My Very Funny Memoir.
“A sharp, joyous comic mind” The Guardian
Nish Kumar
Nish has achieved huge success on the stand-up circuit with five rave reviewed solo stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Two of his shows have been nominated for the prestigious Comedy Award for Best Show in both 2015 & 2016.
He’s been seen on shows including Live at the Apollo and The Mash Report, and regularly hosts the political news podcast Pod Save the UK.
“A comedian, and a bloody good one at that.” TimeOut
Michelle De Swarte
Michelle is an actor, comedian, presenter and writer. She has starred in The Duchess for Netflix and horror-comedy series The Baby for HBO/Sky Atlantic. Most recently, she wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed Spent for BBC Two.
Her comedy appearances include Live at the Apollo, and panel show appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and The Last Leg.
“Brilliantly engaging” Chortle
Amy Gledhill
Amy is a multi award-winning comedian, actor and writer, and is the only act ever to be nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award twice in the same year.
As seen on Would I Lie to You?, The Jonathan Ross Show, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and many more. She is also co-host of hit podcast Northern News (featured in The Guardian’s Best Podcasts of 2023), and as an actor has starred in Sex Education, Alma’s Not Normal, Hull Raisers and many more.
“Warm, lots of fun” One4Review
Lorna Rose Treen
Lorna is an award-winning comedian, writer, and actor who received rave reviews at Edinburgh Fringe 2023/2024 for her debut show SKIN PIGEON, and for which she won U&Dave's Best Joke of the Fringe and Chortle's Best Alternative Act 2024.
She is the creator of BBC Radio 4's Time of the Week, and stars alongside Sian Clifford. Lorna also won Chortle’s coveted Best Newcomer Award in 2023 and the Funny Women Award in 2022.
“Dynamic and playful” The List
Mark Watson
Mark is one of the UK’s most successful comedians, the winner of the Panel Prize at the Edinburgh Fringe (where he has been one of the biggest-selling acts over the past twenty years), Time Out Comedian of the Year and a lot more.
His TV credits include Taskmaster, Live At The Apollo and QI. He is a familiar voice on Radio 4, with his series Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life. He is one-third of cult YouTube phenomenon No More Jockeys, and currently presents the World Snooker Tour’s podcast with Stephen Hendry.
“Belly laugh brilliant” Time Out
Vix Leyton - MC
Discovered by Mark Watson on Twitter, Welsh stand-up comedian Vix Leyton is a natural storyteller with a keen eye for observation, combining warm, whimsical charm with biting wit.
Her panel show podcast The Comedy Arcade is both an audio success and compelling live show. She also co-hosts spending show False Economy interviewing some of the UK’s biggest names on how they spend it.
She was a Funny Women semi-finalist in 2021 and is a regular MC for pro nights.
“Endearing and vivacious” Chortle
REAL LIFE STORIES
Innocent’s story
“My mother had learnt about child care and antenatal services in the women group. So she took me for antenatal check up's at our nearest health centre.”
How your support helps women
Women & Children First work in some of the world’s most rural, remote communities to make pregnancy and childbirth safer. We set up health groups, bringing women together to share knowledge and address their biggest health challenges.
Every 2 minutes a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth from preventable problems. Group leaders, trained by the charity and our partners, speak about pregnancy and childbirth – raising awareness of what can go wrong.
They can halve maternal mortality and reduce newborn mortality by a third.
Group leaders are brilliant local women, trained to have the know-how to run meetings and have the knowledge to raise awareness of problems in pregnancy.
They are effective at bringing women and communities together to identify their biggest health challenges, and then work together to find the solutions to overcome them.
