Jen Brister

Jennifer Helen Brister is a British standup comedian writer and actor from London Brister studied drama at Middlesex University London where in the mid1990s she took a course in standup comedy the only one of its kind at the time in the UK Other famous graduates include Alan Carr Dan Renton Skinner of the Dutch Elm Conservatoire and Shooting Stars and Clare Warde of the Runaway Lovers Bristers first gig was at the end of her third year at university in 1996 at the Kings Head in Crouch End London She has performed internationally including at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2011 and 2014 at the Adelaide Festival in 2011 and 2012 as well as numerous times at the Edinburgh Festival She regularly performs at clubs around the UK including Banana Cabaret The Comedy Store London the Glee Clubs Frog Bucket and Up the Creek She toured the UK for the first time in 2018 with her show Meaningless Since 2022 she has been touring the UK again with her show The Optimist Her comedy hero is Victoria Wood