Jul 18 2022 40 mins 2
Welcome to It's Your Funeral (IYF) hosted by: -
Lorna Woolfson and Daniel Morrow
Each week on It's your Funeral Lorna and Dan (aka the death fairies) arrange the perfect death and funeral (in the style of a game show!) for a comedian in the UK. Guests include tv comedy actors, sitcom writers, renowned television writers, stand-up comedians and recent Edinburgh fringe performers.
In Episode 4, Lorna and Dan are joined by Stand Up Comedian, Sara Barron.
https://avalonuk.com/clients/sara-barron/
As mentioned in the episode, here is her official "It's Your Funeral obituary".
Sara Barron has died (NO SHE HASN'T!) After hosting the hit US storytelling show ‘The Moth’, she moved to London and was subsequently nominated for a prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award and a Chortle Award.
Sara’s TV appearances include: Live at the Apollo (BBC One), Would I Lie to You? (BBC One), Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC Two), Roast Battle (Comedy Central) and Hypothetical (Dave), 8 Out of 10 Cats (C4), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC), Comedy Game Night Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply, Alan Davies’ As Yet Untitled (DAVE),and Hello, America (Quibi). On radio, her credits include appearances on The News Quiz, The Now Show, and Woman’s Hour on Radio 4.
Her two stand-up hours, For Worse (2018) and Enemies Closer (2019) sold out at both the Edinburgh Festival and at multiple runs in London’s Soho Theatre. She was nominated for ‘Best Newcomer’ at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards and at the Chortle Awards, as well as receiving rave reviews from publications including The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Evening Standard and The Scotsman!
As a writer, Sara has published two essay collections, People are Unappealing and The Harm in Asking. Her writing has also featured in Vanity Fair and on This American Life. Her podcast with husband Geoff Lloyd (Reasons to Be Cheerful; Absolute Radio, BBC Radio 5 Live) is a "Succession Love- in" entitled Firecrotch & Normcore: a Succession Podcast
She will be missed! (YES SHE WILL!)
Warning : Be ready for a little uncomfortable but hilarious toilet humour?
Recorded remotely on August 16th 2021
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