Hello and welcome back to Control Alt Delete. This is Emma Gannon and this is the

podcast where I talk to interesting individuals who are creative in

internet space and beyond. So thanks for tuning in and I'm really excited to bring to you another episode.

So Louisa Omeulan is my guest today.

So Louisa is a British comedian based in London who I discovered a few years ago when I went to

see one of her stand-up shows. In 2012 she

launched her debut stand-up solo show called What Would Beyonce do as part of the

free fringe part of Edinburgh Festival.

So what would Beyonce do has basically gone on

to just be a massive success.

She had seven sellout runs in the London Soho Theatre.

And then the show continued to run

for another week in the London West End at the Leicester Square Theatre.

Louise's comedy has also done really well online where she actually uploaded a four minute clip to Facebook,

which then went viral and has now since then amassed

over 35 million views on Facebook video.

You should check it out, it's called ThiGap.

She is known for basically empowering her audience and giving a

massive party vibe when she performs. It turns into a massive rave, basically.

I went to see her show, her follow-up show to What Would Beance Do, which is called Am I Right Ladies,

which was hilarious and she did a UK tour of that.

So her book is now out called What Would Beance do, and it came out this week so I wanted to get this

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