Sofie Hagen

Sofie Hagen
Born 10 November 1988[1]
Medium Stand-up
Nationality Danish
Website sofiehagen.com

Sofie Hagen is a London-based Danish comedian and podcaster who performs in English.

The Guardian describes Hagen on stage as having "an easy charm ... and an ability to combine delicate subject matter with big, accessible laughs."[2]

Biography

Sofie Hagen was born in Denmark on 10 November 1988[1] She improved her English and gained valuable people skills as a teenage fan of the boy band Westlife.[3] She has made reference to this, and to writing fan fiction involving the band in her stand-up shows.[4]

Hagen moved to London in September 2012 to perform regular comedy.[5] In 2013 Time Out identified Hagen as "One to Watch".[6] Hagen won the Laughing Horse New Act of the Year the same year; the first woman to win the award.[7]

In August 2015, Hagen took her debut hour show, Bubblewrap to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show was favourably received with 5 star reviews from ThreeWeeks, The Skinny and The Daily Mirror.[8][9][10] Bubblewrap also received 4 star reviews from Chortle, Timeout, Beyond the Joke, The Herald, The Sunday Times and FestMag.[11][12][13][14][15][16] The show won the Fosters sponsored Edinburgh Comedy Awards for Best Newcomer.[17] In November, Virago Press published her essay in the collection I Call Myself a Feminist.[18]

In July 2016, Hagen appeared in the Channel 4 miniseries Outsiders.[19][20] She took her second solo show, Shimmer Shatter to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August.[21][22]

Hagen is represented by the agency Get Comedy[23] in the UK and worldwide[24]

Awards

Podcast

Sofie Hagen hosts Comedians Telling Stuff, a podcast series where she asks six questions of six comedians.[29] The show began in August 2013.[30]

Guests have included Susan Calman, Nick Helm, Richard Herring, Michael Legge, Josie Long, Colin Mochrie, Pappy's, Katherine Ryan and Arthur Smith, as well as younger comedians and comedians from Denmark.[31]

References

  1. 1 2 https://twitter.com/SofieHagen/status/531779635718389760
  2. ↑ Logan, Brian (29 August 2015). "Sam Simmons wins the Foster's Edinburgh comedy award 2015". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/dec/01/sofie-hagen-danish-standup-comedy-edinburgh-newcomer-award-interview
  4. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/dec/13/sofie-hagen-comedy-standup-review-soho-theatre-london
  5. ↑ Hotson, Elizabeth (24 May 2013). "Foreign comedians stand up for the UK". BBC Business. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "One to watch: Sofie Hagen". February 6, 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Past Years Winners and Runners Up". laughinghorsecomedy.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Shannon, Ben (27 August 2015). "ED2015 Comedy Review: Sofie Hagen – Bubblewrap (Sofie Hagen / PBH's Free Fringe)". ThreeWeeks. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Venables, Ben (14 August 2015). "Fringe Comedy Reviews: Three Top Newcomers". The Skinny. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Nicholson, John (24 August 2015). "Top 5 jokes from the Edinburgh Festival today plus Joseph Morpurgo, Sofie Hagen, Garrett Millerick, Daphne Do Edinburgh and Alfie Brown reviews". The Mirror. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  11. ↑ Fleckney, Paul (August 13, 2015). "Sofie Hagen: Bubblewrap". Chortle. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Sofie Hagen: Bubblewrap". August 21, 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  13. ↑ Dessau, Bruce (August 15, 2015). "Edinburgh Fringe Review: Sofie Hagen, Liquid Room Annexe". Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  14. ↑ Anderson, Gayle (27 August 2015). "Fringe Comedy reviews: Tez Ilyas, Pleasance Courtyard; Eleanor Tiernan, Laughing Horse@The White Horse; Sofie Hagen, The Liquid Rooms and George Next Door". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  15. ↑ Armstrong, Stephen (August 23, 2015). "Crowning glories". Sunday Times. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  16. ↑ Beswick, Evan (August 23, 2015). "Sofie Hagen: Bubblewrap". Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  17. 1 2 "Best Newcomers". Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  18. ↑ Williams, Holly (20 November 2015). "I Call Myself a Feminist and Letter to a Young Generation: 'From zinging truth to giddy faith' - book reviews". The Independent. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  19. ↑ Henry, Anne (10 August 2016). "Depressed about Brexit? Outsiders is the comedy that makes you want to stay in". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "Outsiders". IMDB. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  21. ↑ Logan, Brian (8 August 2016). "Sofie Hagen at Edinburgh festival review – love, neuroses and laser-guided gags". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  22. ↑ Donaldson, Brian (15 August 2016). "Sofie Hagen: Shimmer Shatter". The List. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  23. ↑ http://www.getcomedy.com/agency/talent-roster/sofie-hagen
  24. ↑ http://www.sofiehagen.com/contact/
  25. ↑ "Funny Women Awards 2012 Finalist - Sofie Hagen". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  26. ↑ "New Comedian of the Year". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  27. ↑ "Chortle Awards Winners and Nominees". 10 January 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  28. ↑ "Sofie Hagen joins the great Danes". Chortle. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  29. ↑ "Top of the pods: this month's comedy podcast pick". Time Out London. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  30. ↑ "In This Very First Episode". Tumblr. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  31. ↑ Hagen, Sofie. "Comedians Telling Stuff". Soundcloud. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

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