Party: Women Like Us!

Party: Women Like Us!

There are few sacred cows that Briggs and Nolan shy away from milking, pushing the bucket of popular opinion under the teats and then the jokes start flowing!

Sunday 6th November 2016 7.00pm at the Paddo Tavern!

In demand on the comedy circuit and adored for their ability to find the humour in everyday experiences, Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs are Women Like Us. Two middle aged mothers and wives, and self confessed ‘hornbags’ who have a story to tell. Or three hundred!

After a sell out season at both the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Adelaide Fringe that had reviewers from Glamadelaide declaring them as ‘two totally relatable ladies who hit the nail on the head of charismatic female comedy. If you’re after a great night out with the gals this show is a must. Prepare yourself to be hunched over in hysterics and repeat to yourself: ‘We’ve all been there’!’ And from We Know Melbourne: ‘Straight talking independent women who shoot straight from the lip and keep the stories coming, the kind of sparkly, charismatic women who, if you met at a dinner party you would be enthralled!’

‘Although if you found out your kid was having a sleepover at my place you might go from enthralled to appalled fairly quickly!’ jokes Nolan. The two women have been selling out shows wherever they go, and to be honest, it’s taken them by surprise.

‘We’re experienced stand up comedians, and while we initially thought we really had something together – I wasn’t quite prepared for just how much people are loving the show, and coming in droves! I thought at our age we’d become invisible. I think that’s part of our appeal. We speak to women about their everyday experiences – we tell their stories on stage. That's why the show is so screamingly funny!’

Women Like Us is two hours of solo stand up comedy by Ellen Briggs and Mandy Nolan. Nolan is a veteran of the comedy scene with 30 years under her belt. She’s a nationally published author, has developed her own Humour Therapy, taught people with dementia and appeared on ABC’s Q&A and SBS’s Mums the Word & Insight. Nolan is a big fast talking dag. Olivia Newton John who has booked her for several private functions loves her ‘wicked wicked sense of humour!’

Ellen Briggs has been flaunting her funnies for a decade now, saying things other mothers only dare to think. Briggs was a national finalist for RAW Comedy, and won Foxtel Comedy Channel’s National Competition - How To Be a Comedian. Briggs has an easy going nature that belies her dark wit. Trevor Hendy reckons Ellen Briggs is the funniest comedian he’s ever seen!

With seven children between them, parenting and their own reoccurring instances that they call 'failure to parent' are certainly the focus of some of their material, but then so is the beauty industry, getting older, getting fatter, strange surgeries, weird TV shows, obsessions, frustrations, and at the end of the day, who unpacks the flipping dishwasher.

‘It’s not as easy for us to tour as it is for male comedians’ says Briggs. ‘Men on the circuit can up and leave for weeks at a time, but as busy hands on mothers Mandy and I really have a lot of juggling to do to manage our careers.’
'We're 40 something mothers of teenagers, we're wives, and ex wives! Ellen can wrangle a snake and operate a ride on mower in the afternoon, and by evening she dons heels and a frock and she's MCing a charity ball. We're small town showgirls. And boy do we have fun on stage!'

“We have women coming up to us at the end of our shows hugging us and saying watching us is like having therapy!” says Briggs. “It is actually – only much funnier, less judgey and definitely cheaper!”

Call 3369 4466 to book over the phoen or go to www.standup.com.au to book online.