North East comedians come together for International Women's Day and North East charity gala
Felt Nowt are organising Tyne To Stand Up - in aid of Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland
A North East comedy co-operative are launching their most ambitious show to date - to celebrate international women's day next month
Felt Nowt are organising Tyne To Stand Up on the 8th of March - a comedy gala featuring a host of the region's top female talent
All the money raised from the event, at the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle, will be donated to Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland
Host for the night will be Sammy Dobson - who tells us she's delighted to be leading the show:
"I'm not known for being the glue that holds things together, normally!
"It's really, really special for me to host this actually, the Tyne Theatre is where I grew up
"So being on that stage, doing what I do now and being in command of that gig is really genuinely the most thrilling thing I could ever hope to do."
As well as Sammy, there's a whole host of different comedians on the bill, all representing different styles of comedy.
Some names include the likes of Lauren Pattison, Anja Atkinson, Catherine Scott and Kelly Edgar - but you can find the full list here.
Sammy tells us she's so excited to see an all-female line up of comedians on the night:
"Everyone was so excited - for so many reasons - the fact that it's so unique, the fact that it's supporting an amazing cause...
"But the fact that, as women, really, generally we don't get to gig together that often - there's not really that opportunity
"Usually if you're a woman on the bill, you're THE woman on the bill.
"So if there's AN other woman on the bill you're really excited because it's like 'Ooh that doesn't happen very often!'
"If there's more women than men... well...
"But for the entire bill to be women - I mean, it must be verging on nearly 20 comedians - for them to all be women is incredible.
"When I started nearly 9 years ago there couldn't have been that many."
Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland is a charity providing services to women and girls who live, work or study in Tyneside and Northumberland.
They support all women - including, but not limited to; women who identify as Lesbian, Bi, Trans and/or Questioning; Black and Minoritised women, Refugee women; and disabled women. Our definition of women-only includes Trans women and non-binary people who identify that women’s services are right for them.
You can find help and support from the charity via their website.
Felt Nowt are a Community Interest Company; a Comedy co-op run by and for North East comedians to present local talent across the North East and Cumbria.
You can find out more about them here, and find out more about Tyne To Stand Up from the Tyne Theatre.