Abi Roberts

Abi Roberts is a Welsh stand-up comedian. Born in Cardiff,[1] she studied Russian and Italian at Swansea University, attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (and later the Moscow Conservatoire). She has appeared in a series of comedy sketch shows on the London stage and at the Edinburgh Festival, including the satirical comedy Newsrevue, Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues,[2] and Jonathan Harvey's stage show, Taking Charlie.

Roberts, in 2017

Roberts has been a regular on the stand-up comedy circuit's major clubs since 2011 and has performed across the UK and the US. She has appeared as a guest comedian on several radio stations, and appeared in the films One Under and The Honeymoon for Square Cat Films[3] and Bucketless for Sky Arts.[4]

In February 2016, she became the first UK comic to perform in Russia, and in Russian.[1] She has made several appearances on GB News,[5][6] as well as Good Morning Britain.[7]

In June 2021 Roberts claimed that her agent dropped her for being a trans-exclusionary radical feminist. [8]

References
  1. Mainwaring, Rachel (28 January 2016). "Welsh comic Abi Roberts is first UK stand up to perform in Russia - in Russian". Media Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. The Vagina Monologues bbc.co.uk
  3. "The Honeymoon short film". UK Film Review. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. "The Honeymoon - a short film by Ruth Pickett - cast & crew". Ruth Pickett. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Uncancelled: Abi Roberts 'dropped for publicly supporting JK Rowling and Laurence Fox. YouTube.
  6. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Abi Roberts: 'The more middle class a person is, the more they are offended'. YouTube.
  7. Bosotti, Aurora (5 April 2021). "'Didn't realise I was waking up in UKSSR' Abi Roberts erupts at vaccine passports plans". Daily Express. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  8. GBNews. "Uncancelled: Abi Roberts 'dropped for publicly supporting JK Rowling and Laurence Fox". Youtube. Youtube. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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