Ellie Tomsett

• Comedy and Humour theory
• Film studies
• TV studies
• Contemporary Feminisms
• Filmmaking

• PhD. Sheffield Hallam University. ‘Reflections on UK Comedy’s Glass Ceiling: Stand-up Comedy and Contemporary Feminisms’ (2020).
• PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Manchester Metropolitan University.
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
• MA Film and Television: Culture, Theory and Industry. University of Westminster.
• BA (Hons) Theatre, Film and Television. York St John College, University of Leeds.

• Member of British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies
• Founding member of Mixed Bill: Comedy and Gender research network – @MixedBill

• Foundation Year provision across Media and Film
• BA Media and Communication
• BA Filmmaking
• BA Film and Screenwriting
• Film Cultures – L5 (Media and Comms)
• Major Project – L6 (Media and Comms)
• Comedy in Media and Popular Culture – L5 (Media and Comms)
• Cross Media Production 1 – Foundation Programme
• Media Context and Production – Foundation Programme
• Film and the Principles of Storytelling – L4 (Film and Screenwriting)
• Hollywood: Early Film to Blockbuster– L4 (Filmmaking)

Ellie has published on feminist and post-feminist stand-up comedy, self-deprecatory comedy and body positivity. More recently her work has explored comic reactions to Brexit, the impact of Covid-19 on the UK comedy industry, and the influence of musical divas on women stand-ups. Ellie’s current research activity is concerned with women-centred comedy spaces, the need for further diversity and inclusion in UK comedy production, and the impact of digital/ social media spaces on the work of comedians.

Ellie is also currently working with collaborators Dr Nathalie Weidhase and Dr Poppy Wilde editing a book on screen representations of women’s paid labour for Palgrave’s (Re) Presenting Gender series which will be published in 2024.

Tomsett, E. (2023) Stand-Up Comedy and Contemporary Feminisms: Sexism, Stereotypes and Structural Inequalities. Bloomsbury.

Tomsett, E. (2021) ‘“Less Dick Jokes”: Women-only comedy line-ups, audience expectations and stereotypes’ in Double, O. and Lockyer, S. (eds.) Alternative Comedy Now and Then. Palgrave. At press.

Tomsett, E., Shouse, E, Chukwumah, I., Fiadotava, A. and Bane, C. (2021) ‘Special editorial’. Comedy Studies. Volume 12, Issue 2. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2021.1951101

Tomsett, E. & Weidhase, N. (2020) ‘A sign of the times: Comic slogans and imagery in modern day political protest’. In Monteverde, G. and McCollum, V. (Eds.). Rowman and Littlefield.

Tomsett, E. (2018) ‘Positives and Negatives: Reclaiming the female body and self-deprecation in stand up comedy’. Volume 9, Issue 1. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2018.1437167

Tomsett, E. (2018) ‘“May, Farage and Junker walk into a bar…”: Comedy is playing a vital role in enabling people to come to terms with Brexit’. [online]. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/07/30/may-juncker-and-farage-walk-into-a-bar-comedy-is-playing-a-vital-role-in-enabling-people-to-come-to-terms-with-brexit/

Tomsett, E. (2017) ‘21st century fumerist: Bridget Christie and the backlash against feminist comedy’. Volume 8, Issue 1. Taylor and Francis. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2017.1279914

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