Helen Lederer Not That I Am Bitter Thursday 23rd October | 7:30 - 9:00pm
Join Alison Martin as she talks to Helen Lederer the woman Dawn French dubs the, “third funniest woman in the world” and Ben Elton calls her, “one of the early heroes of Alternative Comedy”…writer, actress, comedian and presenter Helen Lederer joins us at The Yard to talk about her memoir, “Not That I’m Bitter.”
A frank, hilarious and often poignant romp through getting noticed at The Comedy Store in the 1980’s to trailblazing roles in, The Young Ones”, “Bottom” and “Absolutely Fabulous” then sustaining a career through the male dominated world of entertainment.
Expect some home truths on national treasures and honest reflections on life in the 80’s for women in comedy.
Join Alison Martin as she talks to Helen Lederer the woman Dawn French dubs the, “third funniest woman in the world” and Ben Elton calls her, “one of the early heroes of Alternative Comedy”…writer, actress, comedian and presenter Helen Lederer joins us at The Yard to talk about her memoir, “Not That I’m Bitter.”
A frank, hilarious and often poignant romp through getting noticed at The Comedy Store in the 1980’s to trailblazing roles in, The Young Ones”, “Bottom” and “Absolutely Fabulous” then sustaining a career through the male dominated world of entertainment.
Expect some home truths on national treasures and honest reflections on life in the 80’s for women in comedy.
Join Alison Martin as she talks to Helen Lederer the woman Dawn French dubs the, “third funniest woman in the world” and Ben Elton calls her, “one of the early heroes of Alternative Comedy”…writer, actress, comedian and presenter Helen Lederer joins us at The Yard to talk about her memoir, “Not That I’m Bitter.”
A frank, hilarious and often poignant romp through getting noticed at The Comedy Store in the 1980’s to trailblazing roles in, The Young Ones”, “Bottom” and “Absolutely Fabulous” then sustaining a career through the male dominated world of entertainment.
Expect some home truths on national treasures and honest reflections on life in the 80’s for women in comedy.
Helen is probably best known for her role as the dippy ‘Catriona’ in ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ alongside Jennifer Saunders in all six series and more recently in ‘Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie’. She created the 'Girl at the Bar' in the BBC comedy sketch show ‘Naked Video’ and is known for her unique wit and observational humour. A comedy writer with an extensive portfolio that includes writing and performing her own material, not only as a stand-up comedian but also as a comedy novelist and contributor to various respected publications.
Helen has starred in a great number of top TV comedy and radio shows. Helen was part of a group of early 1980’s comedians, including Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, the late Rik Mayall and Ben Elton who made their names at London’s Comedy Store. She was a guest on ITV’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ with her solo comedy act as well as performing at the first ‘Just for Laughs’ comedy festival in Montreal with Lenny Henry. TV appearances span such shows as ‘The Young Ones’, ‘French and Saunders’, ‘Happy Families’, ‘One Foot in the Grave’, ‘Bottom’, ‘Love Soup’, ‘Miss Marple’ and ‘Hollyoaks’. Children’s TV includes the much-loved children's favourite 'Miss Bowline-Hitch' along with Bernard Cribbins for CBeebies' ‘Old Jacks Boat’. She starred as Rich Aunt Ruby in ‘Horrid Henry: The Movie’.
Helen’s appearance in Celebrity Big Brother led to her temporarily trending on Twitter. Her Stand Up show ‘I might as well say it’ was a ‘sell out’ at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to rave reviews. She is a sought-after panellist and commentator.
Helen was one of a few celebrities chosen to take part in BBC2’s The Pilgrimage where she walked through the Alps. This was the most well received series yet. The paperback has new chapters of behind-the-scenes secrets of being on BBC TV The Pilgrimage and the passing of Tony Slattery.
Her novel, Losing It, was nominated for the PG Wodehouse comedy literary prize and 2018, Helen set up the Comedy Women in Print Prize (CWIP), to celebrate and enable witty women