Samantha Baines
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Best Comedy Podcast 2023 nominees revealed
Nominees have been revealed for 2023's British Podcast Awards, with comedians and comic shows featuring in a range of categories.
British Comedy Guide, 25th July 2023Samantha Baines writes a book about hearing loss
Samantha Baines is writing a book about losing her hearing at the age of 30. Publisher Headline Home has snapped up the rights to the title, Living With Hearing Loss And Deafness: A Guide To Owning It And Loving It, which will be published in April next year.
Chortle, 9th November 2022The TikTok hopefuls trying to make it big in comedy
Social media has become a viable alternative to live gigging as a route to comedy stardom. But can viral success ever be a true substitute for hard graft on the circuit?
Lara Olszowska, The Guardian, 21st April 2022Samantha Baines writes her second children's book
The Night the Moon Went Out, which will be published in August, is about a girl who goes on a mission to fix the moon with her owl friend, when it suddenly goes out one night.
Chortle, 21st May 2021Comedians indoors getting creative: part 5
Includes new work from Katherine Ryan, Samantha Baines, Sikisa and Jen Ives
Funny Women, 17th April 2020Samantha Baines on hearing loss and tinnitus in her 30s
Samantha Baines was just 30 when she noticed a peculiar whooshing noise in her ear. An actress and stand-up comedian, Baines first heard the sound at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016, when she was sitting next to a speaker at a particularly loud concert.
Luke Mintz, The Telegraph, 24th November 2019Five questions for... Samantha Baines
Comedian Samantha Baines talks to us about her first book for children, Harriet Versus The Galaxy, which features a young female protagonist whose hearing aid has very special capabilities.
The Bookseller, 23rd October 2019Interview: Samantha Baines
Samantha Baines on adjusting to hearing loss, dealing with trolls and her role in Magic Mike Live!
Angela Johnson, Entertainment Focus, 8th April 2019Samantha Baines picked up to write space adventure book
Knights Of has acquired Harriet!, a book about a girl who finds out her hearing aid can help her understand aliens from across the universe, by comedian Samantha Baines.
Charlotte Eyre, The Bookseller, 26th March 2019Fringe's best fish jokes revealed
The winning joke was submitted by Harriet Cartledge (pictured), of the comedy improv group Hivemind, whose effort received 25% of votes cast by the international fishing community:
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th August 2018