Because I’m Worth It
Because I’m Worth It
A new One Woman Show from
Barbara Scully
Barbara Scully has a brand-new One-Woman Show called Because I’m Worth It which she will be touring in 2026. This follows the success of her first One Woman Show, Older Bolder Wiser, which will finish touring this spring.
This new show is called Because I’m Worth It and is once again on the theme of getting older but with a different focus.
Like Older, Bolder, Wiser it is a combination of stand-up comedy and story telling. This time the focus is on the fact that in her sixties Barbara is now finally able to put herself front and centre of her life as she realises that she is ‘bloody well worth it’.
“There are now things I don’t do anymore because I am worth it, like flying Ryanair for example. I am no longer willing to put up with the risk of whiplash as they execute another ‘on time arrival’ never mind the garish, migraine inducing interior décor and being roared at about raffle tickets like I am at a local GAA fundraiser.”
There are also things she insists on doing now too, because she is worth it and that is where she comes unstuck at times, with hilarious results. Her stories of pampering herself in Spas abroad are hysterical.
Her shows, although clearly aimed mainly at women, have been a hit with the men who have attended too. “I have had men at all my shows, and they laughed and learned lots along the way.” Barbara feels that her unique selling point is that she is serving an audience (mainly women over 40) who are not well served by stand up comedy.
Her new show had its first run outs as a ‘Work In Progress’ shows at the Dun Laoghaire Comedy Festival and Dalkey Comedy Festival. “I was very nervous about it as it is all brand new material and none of it had been tested. But it went really well. And so I excited to bring it on the road next year.”
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