Bella Hull
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Bella Hull at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |
| Education | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Bella Hull is an English comedian and writer who has taken solo stand-up shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and made appearances on BBC and ITV television comedy shows.
Early life
Hull grew up in London and spent some time in Henley during holidays, after her parents separated. Her father is Indian.[1] Hull studied History of Art at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, from 2016-2019, where she was a member of Footlights.[2][3]
Comedy career
Hull first performed at an open mic event at the age of 17, in a pub in London. She did some comedy while at Cambridge university, and was on the Footlights committee in 2018-2019, alongside Ania Magliano, and others.[4] She turned her attention to stand-up comedy in London after graduating. In 2019, Hull won the competition for the Yellow Comedy 'young comedian of the year',[5] and she continued doing some open mic work during the Covid pandemic.[6] In 2022, Hull took her show Babycakes to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time. This later ran at the Soho Theatre.[7]
In 2024 Hull took her show Piggie around the UK and then to the Edinburgh Fringe.[1][8] Her 2025 Edinburgh Fringe show Doctors Hate Her won favourable reviews for its 'sharp writing and precise performance'.[9] The Standard declared her show to be 'hugely entertaining' with a 'superb closing pay-off'.[10] One of her jokes was rated as one of the funniest of the 2025 fringe.[11]
Hull has supported acts including Phil Wang and Russell Howard on tour, and has appeared on the Stand up sketch show on ITV2 and on Stand up for live comedy.[12]
In November 2025, Hull made her debut on the long-running BBC television comedy show Have I Got News For You, with Richard Ayoade as host.[13] In January 2026, Hull appeared on the BBC Radio 4 panel show You heard it here first, hosted by Chris McCausland.[14]
References
- ^ a b "Nerdy comedian in confessional but biting mood as she comes home". Henley Standard. 8 July 2024. Archived from the original on 11 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ Abdel-Razek, Miriam (26 January 2018). "Footlights Presents: Pen Pals preview". Varsity. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ "From Footlights to Fringe". Once a Caian. 2024. p. 18. Archived from the original on 8 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ "Archive of previous alumni, committees, revues and tour shows, 2018-present". Footlights. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "The longest running Comedy Nights in South West Herts". Yellow Comedy. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ Logan, Brian (30 October 2020). "'It feels good to bring the virus down a peg or two': should comedians joke about Covid?". Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "The Comedy Club interviews". BBC Sounds. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ Partolina Schwarz, Katerina (13 June 2024). "Meat and Potatoes: Interview with Bella Hull". BroadwayBaby.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ Healy, Rachael (12 August 2025). "Bella Hull: Doctors Hate Her review – beautifully wrought comedy on having your sanity questioned". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ Dessau, Bruce (15 August 2025). "Edinburgh Fringe Round Up – Week Two". The Standard. Archived from the original on 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Bad dates and bath bombs: 10 of the funniest jokes from the Edinburgh fringe 2025". The Guardian. 11 August 2025.
- ^ "Bella Hull to make her Have I Got News For You debut". Chortle. 12 November 2025. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Have I Got News For You, Series 70, Episode 8". BBC One.
- ^ "You Heard It Here First". BBC Radio 4. 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
External links
- Bella Hull at IMDb
- Bella Hull on Instagram