Lorna Rose Treen
Treen with her 2023 Funniest Joke of the Fringe award
Born (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationComedian
AwardsFull List
Websitelornarosetreen.co.uk

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

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 will parody women's current affairs and talk shows.[7]

Personal life

Treen's partner is actor/director Jonathan Oldfield, who directed Skin Pigeon. Treen is dyslexic.[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's Best Newcomer Award Won [3]
Sean Lock Comedy Award Nominated [4]
Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe Won [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Funniest Joke Winner Lorna Rose Treen:'Only an idiot would do puns on stage'". Telegraph. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hall of Fame". Funny Women. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Chortle Awards 2023 winners announced". Chortle. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.|
  4. 1 2 "Channel 4 Announces The Sean Lock Comedy Award". Channel 4. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Lorna Rose Treen". The Wee Review. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  6. 1 2 "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.
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