Flo and Joan

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Flo & Joan
Also known asFlo and Joan
OriginEngland
Genres Comedy
Years active2015–present
Members
  • Nicola Dempsey
  • Rosie Dempsey
Website www.floandjoan.com

Flo & Joan (or Flo and Joan, a name they took from their grandmother and her sister) are an English comedy music act consisting of sisters, Rosie and Nicola Dempsey. [1] The act generally consists of comedy songs. [2] [1] Flo & Joan have been featured on BBC One's Live at the Apollo , Stamptown Comedy Night [3] and Off Menu podcast. [4] In 2018, they were featured in a Nationwide building society television advert. [5] [6] They grew up in Portsmouth, lived in Toronto for a few years, [7] [5] [8] and as of February 2019, now live in London. [9]

Contents

They released an Amazon Prime Video special, Alive on Stage, based on their Edinburgh Fringe show in 2019. [10] [1] [11]

Works

Tours

TitleYears
Alive On Stage [12] [1] 2018–19
Before the Screaming Starts [7] [13] 2019–20
Sweet Release2022

Comedy specials

TitleReleasedPlatform
Alive on Stage2019 Amazon Prime Video

Television

YearTitle
Royal Variety Performance 2019
Live at the Apollo 2019
The Russell Howard Hour 2020
Question Team 2022

Awards

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