Lorna Rose Treen (born 10 October 1994) is an English comedian and satirist.

Early life

Treen grew up in Redditch before moving to Edinburgh to study philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Her mother was a prison governor and her father worked in TV as a tech engineer.[1]

Career

Treen began performing improvisational comedy while studying at Edinburgh, joining the student group The Improverts. After completing her studies, she moved to France to study comedy under master clown Philippe Gaulier.[1]

In 2022, Treen won both the Funny Women Stage Award and Comedy Shorts Award.[2] In 2023, she won Chortle's Best Newcomer Award[3] and was a finalist in the inaugural Sean Lock Comedy Award.[4] At the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, she performed her debut character comedy show Skin Pigeon.[5] With this show, she won the Funniest Joke of the Fringe.[6]

In January 2024, the BBC announced that Treen alongside co-writer Jonathan Oldfield had been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 for Time of the Week, a comedy show which parodied women's current affairs and talk shows.[7] Time of the Week premiered 6 June 2024 as a four-episode series[8] and won the British Comedy Guide's Best Radio Sketch Show in February 2025.[9] In November 2024, the BBC announced Time of the Week was recommissioned and would be returning for series two.[10]

In March 2024, she won Chortle’s Sketch, Variety or Improv Award.[11]

Personal life

Treen's partner is actor/director Jonathan Oldfield, who directed Skin Pigeon. Treen has dyslexia.[5]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2022 Funny Women Awards Stage Award Won [2]
Funny Women Awards Shorts Award Won [2]
2023 Chortle Awards 2023 Best Newcomer Won [3]
Sean Lock Comedy Award Nominated [4]
Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe Won [6]
2024 Chortle Awards 2024 Best Sketch, Variety or Improv Award Won [11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Funniest Joke Winner Lorna Rose Treen:'Only an idiot would do puns on stage'". Telegraph. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Hall of Fame". Funny Women. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Chortle Awards 2023 winners announced". Chortle. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.|
  4. ^ a b "Channel 4 Announces The Sean Lock Comedy Award". Channel 4. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Lorna Rose Treen". The Wee Review. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Edinburgh Fringe funniest joke: Lorna Rose Treen's zookeeper pun". BBC. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Beat the January blues with new comedy from BBC Radio 4". BBC. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Sian Clifford to front Radio 4 Woman's Hour Parody". Chortle.co.uk. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Gavin & Stacey leads Comedy.co.uk Awards winners". Comedy.co.uk. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Matt Forde, Laura Smyth & Ria Lina amongst Radio 4 comedy commissions". Comedy.co.uk. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Chortle Awards 2024 results". Comedy.co.uk. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.


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