ROMINA PUMA

Romina was born in Germany and at the age of nine she moved to Italy and to London in 2010. She started to perform in Italy in a small theatre company and in 2009 she started doing comedy.

 

In 2012 she created a mixed Italian and English comedy night called Puma Comedy to introduce Italian audiences to stand-up comedy. Since 2013 she also started to perform in English.

 

She has under her belt three solo shows which she performed at multiple Fringe Festival across the country.

- 2015 "Not disabled...Enough!"

- 2016 "Cook it how you like, it's still a potato!" 

- 2018 "It's all my mother's fault!"

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Competitions:

- Finalist at Komedia New Comedy Awards 2023

- Winner of the Ding Dong Gong Show at The Vauxhall Comedy Club 2022

- Beat King Gong at the Comedy Store London 2022

- Beat and won the Blackout at Up the Creek in London 2017

- Beat the Frog and Bucket in Manchester 2016 - 2017 - Placed second in 2022

- Made it into the "One to watch" list of Funny Women 2016.

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Since she started she performed not only in Italy and London, but also around the UK, Lanzarote, Berlin and New York. 

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She is also a campaigner mainly known for the one about Sex and  Disability. 

She took part in the Scope's campaign #EndtheAwkward and made several TV appearances. She also is a campaigner for the MDUK and MDUK Trailblazers

 

She made it into the Shaw Trust Power List 100 in 2019 and 2020