Joanne Lau

"…this relative newcomer repeatedly proves herself a strong writer, with some rock-solid gags …" - Chortle

UK-based Canadian-Chinese comic Joanne Lau first tried her hand at stand-up in the Amused Moose Stand-Up and Deliver course in the summer of 2006. Since then she's been winning the hearts of audience members and competition judges alike with her quirky, sweet, but enjoyably dark sense of humour.

Doing sets both as herself and her Chinese waitress alter ego, Joanne has been regularly gigging around London and the UK at various venues including: The Comedy Store, Comedy Café, Chuckle Club, Queens Head, and Downstairs at the King's Head. She enjoyed a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2007 where she performed with Funny Women at the Fringe, Amused Moose Hot Starlets, the multicultural sketch group Mixt Nutz, and was 2nd runner-up in So You Think You're Funny.

Competitions:
2nd Runner-Up So You Think You're Funny 2007
1st Runner-Up Nivea Funny Women Awards 2007
Finalist Amused Moose Laugh Off 2007
Finalist Laughing Horse New Act of the Year 2007
Winner Laughing Horse big Big BIG New Act Competition 2007
1st Runner-Up Comedy Store King Gong Feb-2007
Winner Lion's Den Gong Show Sep-2007
Winner Comedy Café New Acts Night Sep-2007
Winner Up the Arts Dead Elvis New Talent Award Jan-2007

"…subverted the idea of the submissive oriental with a sharp, sassy set…" - Evening Standard

"…she was my favourite of the event…" - Amused Moose Hot Starlets review, The Groggy Squirrel