At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008, Sarah was awarded Best Newcomer at the If.Comedy Awards for her debut solo show, Sarah Millican's Not Nice. She received rave reviews and enjoyed sell-out audiences for the entire run with critics pinpointing her as a hotnew talent to keep an eye on. Recent television appearances include Mock the Week, Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and her vocal talents can currently be heard on the BBC1 series Walk on the Wild Side.
One of the hottest comics on today’s circuit, performing at all the top comedy clubs, Sarah has established herself as a crowd-pleasing act with well-written material and a gentle delivery style that disguises her cutting observations on life. An experienced and hard working live performer, Sarah has recently performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where she was nominated for the prestigious Barry Award, and at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival. In August 2009 she enjoyed a complete sell out run including extra dates that were added due to demand, with her critically acclaimed second Edinburgh Fringe show, Sarah Millican: Typical Woman.
“probably the finest female comedian working at the moment” - Time Out
Nominee: Barry Award, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2009Winner: Chortle Awards Breakthrough Act 2009
Winner: if. Comedy Best Newcomer 2008
Winner: Best Breakthrough act, North-West Comedy Awards 2006
Nominee: Chortle Awards Best Newcomer 2006
Winner: Amused Moose Comedy Awards 2005
Runner Up: BBC New Comedy Awards 2005
Runner Up: So You Think You’re Funny 2005
Runner Up: Funny Women 2005
"wonderfully wrong . . incredibly funny" - Metro
On 2009 Edinburgh Fringe show Sarah Millican: Typical Woman
"At times poetic, at times brutally honest, Sarah Millican is never less than belly-laugh hilarious" - Mirror *****"Enormously funny…before you know where you are you are doubling up with great gusts of laughter" - Scotsman ****
"Ice-pick wit…this girl is anything but ordinary, and we are all the better for that" - Metro ****
"In flying form…smart as a whip." - List
"She can make a room rock with laughter" - Guardian
On the 2008 If. Comedy Best Newcomer Award winning show Sarah Millican’s Not Nice
"A mercilessly unsentimental wit…her set is as neatly constructed as her individual, triple-punchline jokes" - The Daily Telegraph"It's credit to Millican's talent that her man-baiting isn't man-alienating; the blokes in the audience howl as loudly as the women. There isn't a spare second in this gag-packed, deliciously dark show. One of the hottest prospects on the UK circuit." - Metro *****
"British comedy needs a new female star and might just have got one" - The Herald ****
"She surely has one of the highest gags-per-minute counts on the Fringe, with punchlines arriving every few beats with unwavering punctuality….Laughs come thick and fast. Millican has a frank, self-effacing manner and an obtuse approach to writing that avoids clichés and refreshes the genre. An impressive, and consistently funny, festival debut." - Chortle ****
"An incredibly honed, laugh-every-ten-seconds performance" - Time Out