Charlie George
About
Charlie is an award winning stand-up comedian and writer.
LGBTQ New Comedian of the Year 2019. So You Think You’re Funny & Funny Women Awards runner up 2019 & Leicester Square New Comedian Award & Pride’s Got Talent finalist 2018.
Charlie has performed stand-up on BBC Asian Network Live and the BBC’s No Country for Young Women Podcast, as well as appearing on Comedy Central in Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains & ITV2’s Stand Up Sketch Show.
A talented and accomplished writer Charlie was chosen to feature in Charlie Brooker’s writers room for Cunk & Other Humans 2019, The BAFTA nominated AntiViral Wipe 2020 and Death to 2020 & 2021 for Netflix. She has written for the C4 Election night special, 8 out of 10 cats, Hypothetical, Newsjack, The Now Show, Have I Got News For You, Horrible Histories, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back & Frankie Boyle’s New World Order.
Charlie was selected out of 3,700 writers for the Penguin Write Now editorial programme to write her first book Door to Door, about her experiences being raised Jehovah’s witness & ending up transient homeless as a result of leaving the religion & her family home as a teenager.
Charlie currently has original comedy/comedy-drama scripts in development with VAL TV & Parti Productions. And recently won two New York Festivals Radio Awards for ‘Best Writing’ & ‘Best Regularly Scheduled Comedy Programme’ for her writing contributions to ‘Rockanory’ an original series for Absolute Radio with Unusual Productions.
ACCOLADES
Runner up
So you think you're funny 2019 Funny women awards 2019
WINNER
LGBTQ+ New comedian of the year 2019
Finalist
pride's got talent 2018
LEICESTER SQUARE NEW COMEDIAN AWARD 2018
LIVE AT BBC
BBC iPlayer & BBC Sounds
AS SEEN ON RHOD GILBERT'S growing pains
"We're in fashion now, aren't we brown ladies? 🙋🏽♀️ No one wants white people anymore"
— BBC Asian Network (@bbcasiannetwork) May 2, 2019
Watch more of @CGdoescomedy's hilarious and no messin' #ANComedy performance on @BBCiPlayer ➡️ https://t.co/RPxowSvDgo pic.twitter.com/3RPqueS1tX
Baahhhh what is happening!? Worst day ever & then this mad night where I win this even though all the acts were sublime. Feeling dead grateful & super chuffed. Massive thanks to everyone at Comedy Bloomers & all the fab acts in the final. Woweeee!??? 🤪x All the love CG. pic.twitter.com/SucPIQqHWn
— CharlieGeorgeComedy (@CGdoescomedy) May 22, 2019
You've got so many killer lines that I want on a t-shirt and a piece of driftwood in my flat. Winning this competition really is only the beginning for you..."
GIGS
the margate queer comedy club
&
clandestina at the glory
“Charlie George (the resident host) is as warm and gooey as a treacle tart & will make you laugh like a hyena!” – Diva Magazine.
Clandestina Queer Comedy at The Glory
We have been very impressed with the quality of her work and dedication through Soho Theatre Young Company and look forward to supporting her through various projects ahead."
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So You Think Your Funny Competition Judge
This accounts for the fact that from her eyebrows to her mouth she has complete control over her body movements and uses them to full comic effect. She's just fun to watch! With dark, brilliantly-timed humour."