Bridget Christie and Comedy Friends
Date: Monday 4th December 2023, 7:30pm-10pm
Location: Leicester Square Theatre, London
Cost: £23 plus booking fees (£18 concessions)
Get a 15% discount on group bookings of 6
or more people when using the code PARTY6
Bridget Christie is headlining a night of comedy in aid of Women and Children First.
Every ticket sold can help 4 women attend a community health group for a year.
About Bridget Christie
The Edinburgh Comedy Award, Rose d’or Award and Southbank Arts Award winner has been wowing audiences with her acclaimed stand-up. She is currently touring the country with her new show, ‘Who Am I?’, to sold-out audiences across the UK.
Bridget has won fans with her appearances on Taskmaster, and her new, much-loved Channel 4 comedy drama, The Change.
“Razor sharp, consistently hilarious”
In 2016, Bridget recorded her debut stand-up special, Stand Up for Her (Live from Hoxton Hall) for Netflix in 2017, making her the first British female stand-up on the platform. She’s also headlined the Leeds and Reading festivals, as well as Deer Shed and Latitude.
Her BBC Radio 4 series Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, Utopia and Mortal have won awards and fans around the world, including Jon Ronson, who says, "Bridget Christie is just so exceptionally funny and inventive. She is just so constantly unique!"
Her book, A Book for Her, also received universal critical acclaim and was nominated for a Chortle Award.
“I can’t wait to share the stage with some of the best comic minds out there who I am proud to be able to call my friends! And all for such a worthwhile cause.”
Who Else is Taking Part?
Among the special guests that Bridget has invited to be part of the show are the Australian comedian and actor Felicity Ward, as seen on Live at the Apollo and soon to be starring in the Australian reboot of The Office for Prime Video.
“Ward is a high-energy, animated, endearing stand-up” - The Guardian
Also taking part is upcoming French comedian Celya AB, who’s been seen on Comedy Central Live, heard on The Guilty Feminist podcast and received the Chortle Best Newcomer award in 2022.
“Dry, whimsical humour… a high status-performer” - Funny Women.
More guest names are to be announced.
Please note line-up is subject to change. Age 16+.
Selicia with her daughter Chimoga: she was supported to have a safe birth thanks to her community health group
How buying a ticket helps women
Every 2 minutes a woman dies in pregnancy, childbirth or shortly after birth.
Women and girls in rural, remote communities face problems that can kill, harm or hold them back.
These are often preventable or treatable; diseases such as malaria; complications in labour such as haemorrhage; or a lack of support for their sexual and reproductive health.
Poverty, distance to health facilities, lack of information, inadequate services and cultural beliefs prevent women and newborns from accessing and receiving the care they need.
Women and Children First empowers the world’s most rural, remote communities to survive and thrive.
Health education is most effective and empowering if it involves dialogue and problem solving, rather than message-giving.
Our community health groups bring people together, effectively enabling communities to take collective action to address their most concerning health problems and find the answers.
They come up with life-saving, life-changing ideas like bicycle ambulances, sourcing and distributing mosquito nets, and cleaning water sources. They create long-term, sustainable solutions.
Community health groups work. They have been shown to almost halve maternal mortality, reduce neonatal mortality by a third and increase uptake in contraception by a quarter.
By buying a ticket to our comedy show, you can help 4 more women like Selicia to attend their local health group for a year.
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