Rosie Wilby
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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