News: Tour For Tiff Stevenson

News: Tour For Tiff Stevenson

Tiff Stevenson brings her solo show ‘Mother’ to venues across the UK later this year. The show premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe last August before heading to the USA for several shows in Los Angeles, New York & San Francisco.  The tour starts on 4th September in Aldershot’s West End Centre and culminates on 6th December at Coventry Warwick Arts Centre. 

Mother is a show about the extreme sport of being a woman. Tiff takes us through conception to delivery on topics such as step parenting, class, reproductive rights, Heisenbergs Uncertainty Principle, men under general anaesthetic and political top trumping. Within it all she seeks the nuance, with as usual a few characters along the way Ben Fogle, Joanna Lumley, The Queen and girls with vocal fry. She delivers the personal, the political and the passionate always and without the help of an epidural 

Three years ago her satirical character Bridget Trump went viral and she appeared in Entertainment Magazine, People Magazine, Comedy Central and Mashable (for which she is now a regular contributor). In 2018 Tiff’s pro-choice piece for The Guardian’s “A moment that changed me” received overwhelming response online and received global media coverage. Her video with The Economist “Being A Woman Is No Joke” was released tackling harassment and equality a year on from #metoo and was met with acclaim.

Tiff Stevenson is an award-winning stand-up comedian, actor and writer, whose thought-provoking comedy and satire has played to audiences worldwide from London, Sydney, Montreal, New York, Shanghai, Los Angeles and beyond. In 2018 Tiff was asked to perform at the prestigious Oslo Freedom Forum, where she addressed important issues such as reproductive rights, feminism and the global political climate. As an actor she has appeared in groundbreaking shows such as The Office, White Gold, & and as a series regular on hit shows such as BAFTA winning People Just Do Nothing (BBC & Netflix) & Game Face (E4/Hulu). As a writer she recently worked on HBO show Avenue 5 which is currently on air.

As a stand up and radio/TV personality Tiff is a regular on British shows such as Drunk History, Mock The Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats, The Apprentice -You’re Fired, Breaking The News, The Blame Game & This Week. Tiff has also had two Podcast Series for Lush Cosmetics entitled ‘Tiny Revolutions’ in which she discusses comedy as a social tool with various guest comedians. In addition she is co-host on The Bugle and is a regular guest on Daily Zeitgeist Podcast She also worked with The Economist to create new content for their platform & Gemma Arterton’s production company, Rebel Park Productions. These clips are available to watch on Rebel Park's Twitter Feed.

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