I make radio programmes, write & perform standup comedy, take guided tours of the Royal Albert Hall, sing in a choir and live in a flat above a shop in Brook Green.
Facebook is more my tipple more than myspace, so poke me over on the 'book if you want a quicker response... or email me on helen (dot) arney (at) gmail (dot) com...
...or if you're looking for my next gig, here's an almost immediately out-of-date and somewhat selective list of the nicest gigs I'm doing soon. Let me know if you’re thinking of coming to one of them, eh?
"Homework for Heroes" is the show I'm taking to Edinburgh 2008 with Tom Goodliffe, Broderick Chow and Nat Luurtsema. We've already started doing ramshackle previews around London, so if you like your comedy fresh you should definitely see the show now - before it gets all slick and professional and stuff like that.
Sun 6th July
* HOMEWORK FOR HEROES: 8pm, £3 @ The Old Crown, New Oxford Street
Edinburgh preview with Laura Rugg & Stephen Hill
Tues 8th July
* HOMEWORK FOR HEROES: 8pm, £4 @ Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon
With some excellent acts on in the first half - and only £3 if you mention the London Air-Accordion Society!
Mon 21st July - FREE
* HOMEWORK FOR HEROES: 8pm, FREE @ Lord Palmerston, Tufnell Park
Joint preview with This Stand-up Show Belongs to Lionel Richie
Wed 23rd July - FREE
* HOMEWORK FOR HEROES: 8pm, FREE @ The Washington, NW3
Joint preview with the Edinburgh Harvest Festival
* * EDINBURGH FRINGE: FREE FESTIVAL * *
HOMEWORK FOR HEROES
Thur 31st July to Sun 24th August (not 11th)
14.10-15.10, FREE @ Espionage, Victoria Street (near the Underbelly)
A whole 3 weeks of our fabulous show in Edinburgh!
Mon 11th Aug
* SEMI-FINAL: SO YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY *
22:30-00:00, £9.50 @ Gilded Balloon Teviot, Bristo Square, Edinburgh
Big awesome competition - will you be my friendly face in the audience?
Then back in London...
Wed 17th Sept
* KNOCK2BAG: 8pm, £7 @ Bar FM, Hopgood Street, Shepherds Bush
with Andy Zaltman, Earl Okin, Gary Delaney & Joey Page
Sun 21st Sept
* SIT DOWN SUNDAY: 8pm, £5 @ Landor Theatre, 70 Landor Rd, Clapham, SW9
My first attempt at character comedy. I'm not joking. I am very excited.
Wed 8th Oct
* COMEDY CAFE: 9pm, FREE @ Comedy Cafe, 66 Rivington St, EC2A
* * A WHOLE SECTION FOR OUT-OF-TOWN GIGS! * *
Thur 31st July to Sun 24th August, HOMEWORK FOR HEROES at the Edinburgh Fringe, 14.10-15.10 at Espionage, Victoria Street (Venue 185)
Mon 1st July, Petersfield, Hampshire
Thur 4th Sept, Brighton
Sun 14th Sept, Bath
Fri 26th Sept, Reading
Sat 27th Sept, Tipton
Sun 5th Oct, Guildford, Surrey
Tues 7th Oct, Portsmouth
Thur 9th Oct, Brighton
Tues 28th Oct, Brighton
Fri 31st Oct, Stratford
Wed 29th Nov, Cambridge
Let me know if you’re near any of these places and I’ll give you the details.
This list is probably out of date already, but they’re all nice gigs so drop me a line if you're coming to one or another of them.
So, what am I like, comedy-wise? I'm fairly new but people have been saying nice things about me so far: "Arney is an elfin, charming and captivating being. She involved us in an intelligently funny, makeshift well-to-do marriage narrative with pointed wit and memorable flavour." for starters (BBC Club review, Jan 08). I was a semi-finalist in the Funny Women 2008 Competition, which was pretty sweet after 9 months of doing comedy.
Places I’ve gigged since I started last September include: Sunday Special at Up the Creek, Porthole Comedy Club, Ladyfest 2008, Sunday Night Adventure Club, Gipsy Hill Comedy Club, co-MC at Get Happy, EDComedy at The Hob, Betseyality, Monkey Business, Laugh And A Half, Happy Thursday and Battle of the Bands for BBC Club, Comedy Cafe, Frog and Bucket in Manchester, Bath House Comedy, Comedy Brewhouse, Downstairs at the King’s Head, Funny How, student gigs at Canterbury Christchurch and UCL, and various gigs for Mirth Control, Amused Moose, Oi Oi Comedy, Electric Mouse, Laughing Horse and James Campbell's Comedy Club 4 Kids...
Not entirely exhausted by that list? You could email me on helen (dot) arney (at) gmail (dot) com about gigs and stuff. Or about anything, really: Obscure feats of Victorian engineering, Mongolian overtone singing, favourite dark chocolate covered biscuits, like, whatever. Go for it.
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