British Comedy Guide Award Finalist 2024 

Roast Battle Manchester Finalist 2023

BBC New Comedy Award Heats 2018

Audience Choice Awards Nominee Brighton Fringe  / Latest Best Comedy Nominee Brighton Fringe 2016  

Funny Women Finalist 2015 / Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award Finalist 2015

Jane combines and jumps between topics in unpredictable ways that keep you on your toes and in hysterics throughout. A world class performer from every angle, well worth a watch.

— Blizzard Comedy 2024
‘★★★★★ This show should sell out at venues with ten times as many seats. please come back next year, Unmissable 5 star show!’
— Comedy Coroner - Edinburgh Fringe 2016
‘★★★★ A darkly funny Show’
— Funny Women - Edinburgh Fringe 2016
‘Neat plot, five well-rounded characters. Wonderfully daft and dark.’
— The List - Edinburgh Fringe 2016
‘Postlethwaite’s natural and subtle performances are best suited to these darker moments.’
— ScotGay Magazine - Edinburgh Fringe 2016
‘★★★★ Jane Postlethwaite’s Made In Cumbria is absolutely hilarious. The audience were in stitches!!’
— Broadway Baby - Brighton Fringe 2016
‘Allows her crepuscular comical Northern charm to shine though and throw some serious shadows’

— Gscene Magazine 2016
“Bloody brilliant. Loneliness and breakdown has never been funnier!”

— Julian Caddy, ‎Managing Director at Brighton Fringe about Made in Cumbria 2015
‘Fascinating & compelling. A wonderfully entertaining experience’

— Fringe Review
“Surprisingly dark Cumbrian observational commentary”

— Latest Magazine
“Made In Cumbria is an ear worm of comedy, enjoyed in the moment and continuing to occupy the mind well after the fact.”
— Vicky Nangle - Entertainment Editor for Latest Magazine
“If you love Julia Davis and The League of Gentlemen you will love Made in Cumbria”

— - Marc Abraham, TV vet, animal welfare campaigner & founder of Pup Aid 2015

REVIEWS

Blizzard Comedy 2024 - Read the full review

ACHIEVEMENTS

“The Big Gay Award” Nomination, Lamb Comedy at Brighton Fringe 2024

British Comedy Guide Awards Finalist 2023

Roast Battle Manchester Finalist 2023

Funny Women Content Creator Award Heats 2022

BBC Comedy Award Heats 2018

Guest host on BBC Radio Cumbria Friday Night Showcase 2018

BBC Radio 4 Inbox - Puppet Lady Character 2018

Women in Comedy Short Story 3rd Place award 2016

Latest Best Comedy Award Nominee at Brighton Fringe 2016

Audience Choice Award Nominee at Brighton Fringe 2016

Voice of several characters in ‘Don't Worry; It's Only the End of the World’ a post-apocalyptic radio sitcom written by Alfie Shaw 2015

Brighton Comedy Festival Squawker Award Finalist 2015

Funny Women Finalist 2015

Best Female Performer Nominee at Brighton Fringe 2014 for Latest Festival Awards

The Funny Women Awards Final 2015 hosted by Kerry Godliman, in association with Benefit Cosmetics and proudly supporting domestic violence charity, Refuge. Featuring Maggy Whitehouse, Julie Ann Meaney, Jane Postlethwaite, Helen Monks, Tamar Broadbent, Desiree Burch, Rosana Bosanac, Sophie Duker, Sarah Keyworth and Kate Kennedy.