Mandy Nolan
Artist
Women Like Us
Mandy Nolan is a columnist for the Byron Shire Echo, a writer for Mamamia, and most recently took her Award winning show The Candidate about her tilt to Melbourne Town Hall for the Melbourne Comedy Festival.
An anomaly in their industry – kickass comics but middle-aged women – they realised that it didn’t matter how good they were, they were always going to be behind the 8 ball in an industry that favours under 30’s and is dominated by blokes. After years of performing for women’s luncheons and fundraisers to audiences that fangirled them like crazy, they both decided that there was an audience out there for them – they just had to go out there and find them. And so began Women Like Us.
Eight years on, with sell out shows across the country audiences for Women Like us continue to grow, with a fan base that is now truly nationwide. Mandy reflects on the success of a show she thought might last a year.
‘We’ve taken our show deep into the heart of Australia and to the stages of capital cities. We share the deeply funny stories of women smashing the ‘Women aren’t funny’ myth forever. And guess what, men find us funny too!’
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