Alexis Strum is a comedy writer/performer and public speaker whose acting roles include BBC1’s ‘Wannabe’, ITV’s ‘Timewasters’ and Sky’s ‘Sick Note’ as well as playing the female lead in ‘The Field Of Blackbirds’, the British/Kosovan feature produced by the Oscar nominated team behind, ‘Shok’. As a writer she has been co... Read More

Alexis Strum is a comedy writer/performer and public speaker whose acting roles include BBC1’s ‘Wannabe’, ITV’s ‘Timewasters’ and Sky’s ‘Sick Note’ as well as playing the female lead in ‘The Field Of Blackbirds’, the British/Kosovan feature produced by the Oscar nominated team behind, ‘Shok’. As a writer she has been commissioned to write comedy pilots for Fresh One and Shed Productions, as well as online sketches for Hat Trick. She wrote and produced the short film, ‘Shoes’ which made official selection for multiple international film festivals including LSFF and Portobello and writes and films her own sketches, some of which have been featured on The Huffington Post, The British Comedy Guide and been shortlisted for a Funny Women Award. Her sketch, ‘Facebook Parents’ about those pesky, oversharing parents we all love to hate has had over 100k views.In addition, Alexis is an emerging playwright and her works include ‘Volcano’ at Theatre Royal Stratford East (mentored by Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE and John Gordon of Team Angelica), ‘Always The Bride’ at Wimbledon Studio Theatre (‘Funny and well observed’, Wimbledon Guardian), and ‘Before And After’ at The Arcola. She has also performed stand-up in character as Aussie wannabe, ‘Denise’ to great acclaim: Finalist in Colchester New Comedian Of The Year, Semi-Finalist in The Funny Women Stand-Up Awards, Semi-Finalist in Leicester Square New Comedian Of The Year and shortlisted for ‘So You Think You Are Funny’. Before becoming a screenwriter and playwright, Alexis enjoyed success as a singer-songwriter, writing for the likes of Kylie Minogue, Wonderland and Rachel Stevens whilst signed to Universal records as an artist, as well as soundtracks for ‘The Inbetweeners’, ITV’s ‘Vital Signs’ and MTV’s ‘Teen Wolf’.For more information, please visit www.thetimeialmost.com and www.alexisstrum.com Read Less