Isabel Fay
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Isabel Fay is a comedy writer and performer.
Isabel graduated from Royal Holloway University of London in 2001 with a 2:1 BA (Hons) Lon.
Isabel is represented by the Independent Talent Group - Samira Higham for performing and Laura Rourke for writing
with Dan Clark
and David Armand
. She also appeared in the Pilot of BBC Three
's How Not To Live Your Life
, and co-starred with Dan Clark
in Dan Clark's Guide to Dating for Comedy Central
Comedian Isabel Fay's self penned debut short film "With or Without U2" has just won Best Comedy Short at the LA Comedy Film Festival 2011, despite the controversy surrounding the film's soundtrack. Isabel wrote it to a choral score of U2
's With or Without You
the band personally declined her the license to use the score. So Isabel arranged for a chorus to sing the score live along to the muted film, at the LA Comedy Film Festival, and subsequently won the Best Comedy Short trophy.
Isabel appeared in the film Clive Hole, adapted from a short story by Alexi Sayle starring David Schneider
, Karl Theobald
and Susan Vidler. She also appeared in the film Rekindle by Marios Hamboulides starring Tom Conti
, Karl Theobald
and My Familys Daniela Denby-Ashe
, and she voiced short film Man in a Cat with Kevin Eldon and Josie Long
Also alongside Kevin Eldon, Alice Lowe
, Steve Furst
, David Bussell and Matthew Stott, Isabel appeared in the pilot for a 'sort-of-sketch-show' called "Missing Scene". The pilot was written by David Bussell, Matthew Stott and Ben Ricketts and script edited by Alice Lowe
.
She co-owns internet comedy production company
Clever Pie with Tom Hopgood. Clever Pie make hit online comedy sketches and films
For BBC
Comedy Online Isabel wrote and performed hit short Common Film Ground And she co-wrote and starred in Leader's Wives
Isabel also made an exclusive sketch for Funny Or Die
set to Bonnie Tyler
's hit Total Eclipse of the Heart
called Total Paperclips of the Heart
For BBC Radio 4
Isabel starred in sitcom pilot 49 Cedar Street, and as a supporting comedy character in Sarah Millican
's Support Group.
For CBBC
Isabel has appeared in children's comedy shows Little Howard's Big Question and Hacker Time.
Isabel has also shot her own sketch show pilot with Silver River TV. She has appeared in BBC Three
's Comedy Shuffle, she wrote and performed on all three series of ITV2
's flagship show Comedy Cuts
, and wrote and performed as a roving reporter on Monkey TV's online show Newslog, which also stars Steve Punt
.
She was a member of the cast for E4's Dogface, and BBC Three
's pilot Toju.
at Madame Jojo's in Soho
Isabel's solo live work is usually a collaboration with if.comeddies
award winning director Matt Holt (directed Brendan Burns if.comeddies
award-winning show 2007) and Perrier award winning producer Tom Hopgood (produced Laura Solon
's Perrier award winning show 2005).
At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Isabel's first self penned solo comedy show was Magic Steve's Disappearing Act (2006), featuring her magician's assistant
character Annette Cadabra. Her second solo show at the festival was Isabel Fay: Altar Ego (2007) Fay performed a third solo Edinburgh show Don't Let A Gift Horse in the House at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, at the Pleasance
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Isabel graduated from Royal Holloway University of London in 2001 with a 2:1 BA (Hons) Lon.
Isabel is represented by the Independent Talent Group - Samira Higham for performing and Laura Rourke for writing
TV and Film
Isabel Fay appeared in the first series of BBC2's How Not To Live Your LifeHow Not to Live Your Life
How Not to Live Your Life is a British sitcom, written by and starring Dan Clark, about a neurotic twenty-nine year old man who is trying to navigate his way through life but is not helped by his bad instincts. On 27 May 2011 it was announced by the new BBC Three controller Zai Bennett that the...
with Dan Clark
Dan Clark
Dan Clark is an English actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and television director.-Television:He is best known for playing the character of Don Danbury in BBC Three series How Not to Live Your Life which he wrote and starred in...
and David Armand
David Armand
David Armand is an English comedian, actor and writer who has performed on stage, film, radio and most notably, television, where the shows he has appeared in include Fast and Loose , How Not To Live Your Life, Pulling, The Armstrong and Miller Show, Swinging, and Peep Show.He is one of the...
. She also appeared in the Pilot of BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
's How Not To Live Your Life
How Not to Live Your Life
How Not to Live Your Life is a British sitcom, written by and starring Dan Clark, about a neurotic twenty-nine year old man who is trying to navigate his way through life but is not helped by his bad instincts. On 27 May 2011 it was announced by the new BBC Three controller Zai Bennett that the...
, and co-starred with Dan Clark
Dan Clark
Dan Clark is an English actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and television director.-Television:He is best known for playing the character of Don Danbury in BBC Three series How Not to Live Your Life which he wrote and starred in...
in Dan Clark's Guide to Dating for Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
Comedian Isabel Fay's self penned debut short film "With or Without U2" has just won Best Comedy Short at the LA Comedy Film Festival 2011, despite the controversy surrounding the film's soundtrack. Isabel wrote it to a choral score of U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
's With or Without You
With or Without You
"With or Without You" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the third track from their 1987 album, The Joshua Tree, and was released as the album's first single on 21 March 1987...
the band personally declined her the license to use the score. So Isabel arranged for a chorus to sing the score live along to the muted film, at the LA Comedy Film Festival, and subsequently won the Best Comedy Short trophy.
Isabel appeared in the film Clive Hole, adapted from a short story by Alexi Sayle starring David Schneider
David Schneider (actor)
David Schneider is an English actor and comedian.Schneider studied modern languages at the University of Oxford, and studied for a DPhil in Yiddish Drama. During his time at university, Schneider performed a predominantly physical comedy act that contrasted with the trend towards stand-up comedy...
, Karl Theobald
Karl Theobald
Karl Theobald is an English comedian and actor, best known as Dr. Martin Dear in Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing, and for his physical comedy style....
and Susan Vidler. She also appeared in the film Rekindle by Marios Hamboulides starring Tom Conti
Tom Conti
Thomas "Tom" Conti is a Scottish actor, theatre director and novelist.-Early life:Born Thomas Conti in Paisley, Renfrewshire, he was brought up Roman Catholic, but he considers himself anti-religious...
, Karl Theobald
Karl Theobald
Karl Theobald is an English comedian and actor, best known as Dr. Martin Dear in Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing, and for his physical comedy style....
and My Familys Daniela Denby-Ashe
Daniela Denby-Ashe
Daniela Denby-Ashe is an English actress, best known for playing the character Janey Harper in the sitcom My Family.-Early life:...
, and she voiced short film Man in a Cat with Kevin Eldon and Josie Long
Josie Long
Josie Long is an English comedian.-Background:Long spent her early life in Orpington, South East London, where she attended Newstead Wood School for Girls in Swift House. She also attended GIFT Ltd. summer schools. She began performing stand-up comedy at 14, winning the BBC New Comedy Awards at...
Also alongside Kevin Eldon, Alice Lowe
Alice Lowe
Alice Lowe is an English actress and writer mainly in comedy, from the English Midlands.Lowe attended a comprehensive school and graduated from Cambridge University. She began her career co-devising and performing in surreal experimental theatre shows such as City Haunts, Snowbound and Progress In...
, Steve Furst
Steve Furst
Steven Larry Furst is a comedian, actor and writer. Furst says his father told him that he arrived as an immigrant from Hungary with "nothing but a violin under my arm"...
, David Bussell and Matthew Stott, Isabel appeared in the pilot for a 'sort-of-sketch-show' called "Missing Scene". The pilot was written by David Bussell, Matthew Stott and Ben Ricketts and script edited by Alice Lowe
Alice Lowe
Alice Lowe is an English actress and writer mainly in comedy, from the English Midlands.Lowe attended a comprehensive school and graduated from Cambridge University. She began her career co-devising and performing in surreal experimental theatre shows such as City Haunts, Snowbound and Progress In...
.
She co-owns internet comedy production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
Clever Pie with Tom Hopgood. Clever Pie make hit online comedy sketches and films
For BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Comedy Online Isabel wrote and performed hit short Common Film Ground And she co-wrote and starred in Leader's Wives
Isabel also made an exclusive sketch for Funny Or Die
Funny or Die
Funny or Die is a comedy video website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions with original and user-generated content. Funny or Die contains exclusive material from a number of famous contributors and also has its own Funny or Die Team, which creates...
set to Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh singer, most notable for her hits in the 1970s and 1980s including "It's a Heartache", "Holding Out for a Hero" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart".-Early life:...
's hit Total Eclipse of the Heart
Total Eclipse of the Heart
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song written and produced by Jim Steinman and recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for her fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night...
called Total Paperclips of the Heart
For BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
Isabel starred in sitcom pilot 49 Cedar Street, and as a supporting comedy character in Sarah Millican
Sarah Millican
Sarah Millican is an English stand-up comedian. Millican won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.-Career:...
's Support Group.
For CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
Isabel has appeared in children's comedy shows Little Howard's Big Question and Hacker Time.
Isabel has also shot her own sketch show pilot with Silver River TV. She has appeared in BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
's Comedy Shuffle, she wrote and performed on all three series of ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
's flagship show Comedy Cuts
Comedy Cuts
Comedy Cuts is a comedy programme on the British TV channel ITV2 that aims to provide an opportunity for new comedy performers to present their talents. Featuring 40 performers demonstrating a mix of stand up and sketches, the series is shot entirely on location...
, and wrote and performed as a roving reporter on Monkey TV's online show Newslog, which also stars Steve Punt
Steve Punt
Stephen Punt is a British writer, comedian and actor, best known for his long-time comedy partnership with Hugh Dennis. Punt lives in Wimbledon with his girlfriend and two children.-Life and career:...
.
She was a member of the cast for E4's Dogface, and BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
's pilot Toju.
Live comedy shows
Isabel co-created and starred in sketch show The Works with David ArmandDavid Armand
David Armand is an English comedian, actor and writer who has performed on stage, film, radio and most notably, television, where the shows he has appeared in include Fast and Loose , How Not To Live Your Life, Pulling, The Armstrong and Miller Show, Swinging, and Peep Show.He is one of the...
at Madame Jojo's in Soho
Soho
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable...
Isabel's solo live work is usually a collaboration with if.comeddies
If.comeddies
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards, formerly the Perrier Comedy Awards, are presented to the best shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Established in 1981, they are the most prestigious comedy prize in the United Kingdom. The awards have been directed and produced by Nica Burns since 1984...
award winning director Matt Holt (directed Brendan Burns if.comeddies
If.comeddies
The Edinburgh Comedy Awards, formerly the Perrier Comedy Awards, are presented to the best shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Established in 1981, they are the most prestigious comedy prize in the United Kingdom. The awards have been directed and produced by Nica Burns since 1984...
award-winning show 2007) and Perrier award winning producer Tom Hopgood (produced Laura Solon
Laura Solon
Laura Solon is an English comedian, actor, writer, and winner of the 2005 Perrier Comedy Award, only the second woman to win as a solo performer .-Background:...
's Perrier award winning show 2005).
At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Isabel's first self penned solo comedy show was Magic Steve's Disappearing Act (2006), featuring her magician's assistant
Magician's assistant
A magician's assistant is a performer in a magic act who is not billed as the magician or principal name in the act. The role of an assistant can include holding the props that are used by a magician, shifting props onto and off the stage, and serving as a living prop in illusions that involve...
character Annette Cadabra. Her second solo show at the festival was Isabel Fay: Altar Ego (2007) Fay performed a third solo Edinburgh show Don't Let A Gift Horse in the House at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, at the Pleasance
Pleasance
The Pleasance is a street in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is largely residential, although the University of Edinburgh owns property in the area.-University of Edinburgh union:...
Courtyard