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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 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 />
==Personal life==
Wilby has written about being an openly lesbian performer,<ref>{{cite web|title=The solipsistic lonely hearts club band|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-solipsistic-lonely-hearts-club-band-8406118.html|publisher=The Evening Standard|accessdate=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">{{cite news|last=Wilby|first=Rosie|title=It's hard for comics to come out|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2011/aug/03/gay-lesbian-comics-come-out?INTCMP=SRCH|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=28 April 2013|location=London|date=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">{{cite news|last=Wilby|first=Rosie|title=International Coming Out Day: The jokes are widespread, but there is a reality behind it|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/international-coming-out-day-the-jokes-are-widespread-but-there-is-a-reality-behind-it-8204057.html|accessdate=28 April 2013|location=London|work=The Independent|date=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|Rich Mix]] in East London,<ref>{{cite web|title=I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas|url=http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/im-dreaming-of-a-pink-christmas/|accessdate=28 April 2013}}</ref> which explored why Christmas is a far from conventional time if you are LGBT.





Revision as of 22:38, 1 November 2015

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]

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 in East London,[5] which explored why Christmas is a far from conventional time if you are LGBT.


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