#277: Amy Gledhill - Just Crack On

Amy Gledhill is an award winning stand up comedian, actor, writer
and podcaster.


She is the winner of Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2024 Best Show for
Make Me Look Fit On The Poster which is touring in Melbourne for
the International comedy festival. She’s also one half of the
award-winning double act called the ‘The Delightful Sausage’.


After taking the UK by storm, Amy is nothing short of a comedy
powerhouse. Known for her unique blend of insightful observations
and confessional anecdotes, she brims with natural warmth and
charm. As a multi-award-winning comedian, actor, and writer, Amy
is the only artist ever to be nominated for the prestigious
Edinburgh Comedy Award twice in the same year.


Her show ‘The Girl Before The Girl You Marry’ was nominated for
Best Live Show- National Comedy Awards 2023 and Best Newcomer at
the Edinburgh Fringe.


She’s been on The Jonathan Ross Show, The One Show, Pointless
Celebrities, The Stand Up Sketch Show, Alma’s Not Normal, Would I
lie to You?  Sex Education, Hypothetical, Guessable, Alan
Davies As Yet Untitled, The Emily Atack Show plus plenty more.


In 2024 she was commissioned by Channel 4 to write a brand new
comedy Blap 'Toads', in which she starred as Amber, a
bride-to-be who gets cold feet on the morning of her wedding.


Amy is a triple nominated writer, gaining a nomination for three
consecutive shows. Beyond writing for live work she was the lead
writer on the multi-award nominated Emily Atack Show, The BAFTA
winning Class Dismissed and wrote on (and starred in) CBBC’s hit
show Big Fat Like demonstrating she is a sharp joke writer whilst
also excelling at long form and character work. In her double act
The Delightful Sausage they have written to a brief and performed
on shows such as Late Night Mash and Stand Up To Cancer which
went out live on Channel 4. As well as writing a Radio 2 special
The Delightful Sausage; On Staycations and a six part Radio 4
series where they interview children and write sketches around
their questions called Big Little Questions.


Amy co-hosts the hit podcast Northern News featured in The
Guardian’s Best Podcasts of 2023 so far…  Amy has been a
guest on James Acaster and Ed Gamble’s Off Menu and Richard
Herring’s RHLSTP as well as many more. Amy will also be in the
upcoming TV mini-series Run Away sometime next year.


Amy will be in Melbourne for the Melbourne International comedy
Festival, so check them out (links below)


We chat about her love of crisps and ballroom dancing, winning
awards, The Delightful Sausage and collaboration, her new
detective role coming out, balance, toxic positivity, analysing
dreams, her upcoming tour in Melbourne + plenty more



Check Amy out on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatamygledhill/


Melbourne
shows: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/amy-gledhill/


Website: https://amygledhill.co.uk/


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