Performance

I ran away from the circus to pursue stand-up and improvised comedy, and discovered a talent for compèring, provocative topical humour, and flying by the seat of my pants. And yes, I have played the Edinburgh Fringe.

TV appearances include BBC 4’s panel show, Mind Games, being the Woman from the Future on Pulling Power, and wearing a furry cat costume in award-wining adverts for petfood. Ah… the glamour...

Now half of the Comedy Research Project – with Dr. Helen Pilcher – we test the hypothesis that science can be funny. I also work with Dr. Harry Witchel in the show Dr. Witchel’s 7 Rules of Dating.

A new science gameshow format was tested on human subjects at the Cheltenham Science Festival with promising results.

Quotes

“Respect is due…to Timandra Harkness, whose canny routine with a vibrator appealed, on different levels, to men and women.”
Evening Standard

“as a compere Harkness was brilliant" 
Platform

“Sick”
Outraged caller to radio phone-in about Princess Diana jokes