Louise Leigh
- Writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Bristol comedy night raises awareness of sight loss
Comedians with various visual impairments have taken to the stage to raise awareness about sight loss.
Dawn Limbu, BBC, 10th February 2024Louise Leigh Amused Q&A
She's had a lot of thoughts over the last year or so, but the main one is: wouldn't it be nice if we all just got in a room and had a laugh?
Funny Women, 9th August 2022Louise Leigh interview
It's about holding bags of poo, really.
On The Mic, 27th June 2022Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022 finalists announced
Nick Elleray, Hayley Ellis, Louise Leigh, Lucila San Martin, John Meagher, Firuz Ozari, Ashish Suri and Sam Williams will compete in the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022 final. The comedians involved in Silver Stand Up, UK Pun Championships and Union JACK Radio's Circuit Breakers have also been announced.
British Comedy Guide, 17th December 2021Comedians outdoors getting COVID-compliant
Slowly, slowly, comedians have been emerging from behind their complicated phone camera set-ups, green screens and podcast mics to perform live comedy. We don't know how long this will last with the ever-changing Government guidelines that tell us to go out, but not out out, to not go to the office, but not not go to the office and to be in bed by 10pm. But, in the meantime, we have updated our series Comedians Indoors Getting Creative to reflect to current situation.
Funny Women, 25th September 2020Dear Men in Comedy - an open letter
An open letter by Louise Leigh concerning sexual harassment in the comedy industry,
Louise Leigh, Funny Women, 23rd June 2020Why mums should try comedy
Our 2019 Funny Women Stage Awards winner, Laura Smyth, took up stand up at the end of her third batch of maternity leave. Here's fellow funny mother, Louise Leigh, who runs the Time of the Month South West in Bristol, on why mums who want to give it a try will find it surprisingly accessible.
Louise Leigh, Funny Women, 26th September 2019