Top 5: Our picks of the best shows at the Women In Comedy Festival

A left field choice to start us off but Eryn Tett has been generating a fair bit of buzz across the open mic scene in the city and on social media with her abstract tiktoks a particular delight. She’s looking to ‘find her audience’ in this new show which is as much science experiment as experimental comedy and Tett’s future looks like she’ll find quite the large crowd very soon.

Lou has long been one of the jewels of the Manchester comedy scene and of late seems to be getting a little more national attention, and rightly so, thanks to her new podcast “Spit or Swallow” about drinking, amongst other things. This new work in progress will be a bawdy delight and we can’t wait to see what Conran serves up for us.

Most recently popping up in Sophie Willan’s excellent sitcom ‘Alma’s Not Normal’ (seek that out for more great women in comedy!), Thanyia Moore brings a new show about bullying and being bullied and what those two choices can lead to. Fresh, fierce and very, very funny Moore is on the cusp of being a household name.

Sian Davies’ debut hour is called About Time chronicling as it does Sian’s inability to grow up, but it could also refer to the wait we’ve had for a full show from this brilliant comic. Davies has long been a favourite of the North West scene and a champion of working class talent so it’s now time for her to champion herself. Having won the award for Best Debut Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2020 she’ll have plenty of others championing her too.

The final show of the festival may also be the biggest as Sara Barron closes out ten days packed with comedy all across the city and her show ‘Enemies Closer’. A rising star who has appeared on Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You? and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order after being nominated for Best Newcomer at the Fringe in 2018. It’s hard to believe this is only her second show, so polished is her act and so gleaming her CV. A great way to cap off a fine festival.