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'''Rosie Wilby''' (born 1970) is a standup comedian and singer songwriter. | [[File:Rosie wilby 02.jpg|thumb|Rosie Wilby]]'''Rosie Wilby''' (born 1970) is a standup comedian and singer songwriter. | ||
She was born in [[Crosby]] and raised in [[Ormskirk]]<ref>http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-news/liverpool-comedy-festival-date-rosie-9904909. Accessed: 2015-11-01. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6cishLzEn)</ref> | She was born in [[Crosby]] and raised in [[Ormskirk]]<ref name=echo>http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-news/liverpool-comedy-festival-date-rosie-9904909. Accessed: 2015-11-01. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6cishLzEn)</ref> and studied electrical engineering at the [[University of York]].<ref name=echo /> | ||
She moved to London in 1993 and worked in radio and television. From 1997 to 2000 she was a music journalist with ''Time Out London''. In 2000 her band "Wilby" recorded an album called ''Precious Hours''. Rosie has been a regular performer at [[Homotopia]], and has also appeared at Liverpool Comedy Festival.<ref name=echo /> | |||
She has her own radio show, ''[[Out in South London]]''. | |||
==Personal life== | |||
Wilby has written about being an openly lesbian performer,<ref>http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-solipsistic-lonely-hearts-club-band-8406118.html "The solipsistic lonely hearts club band", ''Evening Standard'', 28 April 2013</ref> and her sexuality features heavily in her creative output. She wrote an article for ''The Guardian'' on being a lesbian comedian<ref name="It's hard for comics to come out">http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2011/aug/03/gay-lesbian-comics-come-out?INTCMP=SRCH Rosie Wilby, "It's hard for comics to come out, ''The Guardian'', 3 August 2011</ref> and an article in the ''Independent Online'' about 'coming out'.<ref name="International Coming Out Day: The jokes are widespread, but there is a reality behind it">http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/international-coming-out-day-the-jokes-are-widespread-but-there-is-a-reality-behind-it-8204057.html Rosie Wilby, "International Coming Out Day: The jokes are widespread, but there is a reality behind it" ''The Independent, 11 October 2012</ref> In 2011 she performed a fusion of stand up and film called "I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas" at the Rich Mix Cultural Foundation in East London,<ref>http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/im-dreaming-of-a-pink-christmas/. Accessed: 2015-11-01. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6cj00IqCZ) "I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas"</ref> which explored why Christmas is a far from conventional time if you are LGBT. | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:10, 10 July 2026
Rosie Wilby (born 1970) is a standup comedian and singer songwriter.
She was born in Crosby and raised in Ormskirk[1] and studied electrical engineering at the University of York.[1]
She moved to London in 1993 and worked in radio and television. From 1997 to 2000 she was a music journalist with Time Out London. In 2000 her band "Wilby" recorded an album called Precious Hours. Rosie has been a regular performer at Homotopia, and has also appeared at Liverpool Comedy Festival.[1]
She has her own radio show, Out in South London.
Personal life
Wilby has written about being an openly lesbian performer,[2] and her sexuality features heavily in her creative output. She wrote an article for The Guardian on being a lesbian comedian[3] and an article in the Independent Online about 'coming out'.[4] In 2011 she performed a fusion of stand up and film called "I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas" at the Rich Mix Cultural Foundation in East London,[5] which explored why Christmas is a far from conventional time if you are LGBT.
References
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Partly based on a Wikipedia article.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-news/liverpool-comedy-festival-date-rosie-9904909. Accessed: 2015-11-01. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6cishLzEn)
- ↑ http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-solipsistic-lonely-hearts-club-band-8406118.html "The solipsistic lonely hearts club band", Evening Standard, 28 April 2013
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2011/aug/03/gay-lesbian-comics-come-out?INTCMP=SRCH Rosie Wilby, "It's hard for comics to come out, The Guardian, 3 August 2011
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/international-coming-out-day-the-jokes-are-widespread-but-there-is-a-reality-behind-it-8204057.html Rosie Wilby, "International Coming Out Day: The jokes are widespread, but there is a reality behind it" The Independent, 11 October 2012
- ↑ http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/im-dreaming-of-a-pink-christmas/. Accessed: 2015-11-01. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6cj00IqCZ) "I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas"