Biography
Awards: Hull Comedy Festival – New Comedian of The Year 2015 – Second Place, Midlands Comedy Awards Breakthrough Act 2014 – Winner, Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2014 – Finalist, Nottingham Comedy Festival Comedian of The Year 2014 – Finalist, Funny Women Awards 2013 – Semi Finalist, and Hilarious Comedy Gong Show 2013 – Winner.
Hannah has been performing on the stand up comedy circuit since 2011. Based in the West Midlands she is a regular on both the local and national circuits. Her adult set combines frank and honest stand up comedy with a warm delivery and the occasional comedy song thrown into the mix.
In 2014 she was a finalist in both The Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award and The Nottingham Comedy Festival Comedian of the Year Award. 2014 also saw her win The Midlands Comedy Award for Breakthrough Act.
In 2015 she came second in the Hull Comedy Festival New Comedian of the Year Competition. In 2015 Hannah performed her first solo hour show, ‘The Ballad of Hannah Silvester’, to a full venue and received great reviews at the Birmingham Comedy Festival.
In 2016 and 2017 she performed her hour show at the Leicester Comedy Festival to a packed room.
‘She’s a woman with alot of attitude, and a way of expressing it that is often viciously, hilariously blunt. She revels in her bad parenting, is withering about sexist behaviour, and frank about ageing – all delivered with a compelling surety’ – Steve Bennett – Chortle
‘Hannah possess a unique voice in the comedy world’ – Juice Comedy
