Helen Arney – Page 3 – Comedian. Writer. Presenter. Geek Songstress

Look, Mum, I’m on University Challenge!

Silcox, Arney, Ahuja and Maidment before our University Challenge recording...

In news that would sound like the ramblings of a fantasist if it weren’t completely true, I am competing in Christmas University Challenge on BBC Two – tonight! And on iPlayer for all eternity.

I’m representing my old university Imperial College London, where I spent a happy three years both studying and not studying physics. My team-mates in this absolutely bonkers endeavour are the brilliant science writer Anjana Ahuja, stegosaur expert Susie Maidment and comedian Mark Silcox.

It was one of the most surreal experiences of my life. Our captain Anjana wrote this about our shared experience on the Financial Times. It’s scarily accurate.

I can’t say which team won (yet…) but I can say that I’ll be … Read the rest

The Unstoppable Letty Pegg – live on stage

in Uncategorized on 12/08/23

Sienna Aurora Clarke singing "Unstoppable"

Incredible scenes to report from November, when my song “Unstoppable” (from the teenage jiu jitsu suffragette musical I’m writing with James Hughes) was performed at the Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize Concert. Watch as Sienna Aurora Clarke knocks it out the park! Hear that brilliant band with a new arrangement of the song! Revel in the awesome air punch at the end!

It’s on YouTube here. Do share it far and wide if you love it as much as we do!… Read the rest

Living out my fantasy as the voice of Mary Wollstonecraft

in Uncategorized on 11/28/23

In the middle of a busy month full of wild gigs (Our Cambridge Theatre show sold out to 1,200 nerds and brought Unnecessary Detail to the West End! I recorded a cool TV show I can’t tell you about until Christmas! Sienna Clarke sang our teenage jiu jitsu suffragette song in the Stiles + Drewe Best Song Prize final! I wrote two new songs for A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail including a 9 minute musical about automotive pioneer Bertha Benz! The Overture showcase for my Astronaut show is happening this Friday! I did a solo show in a planetarium in Leicester!) here is a moment of calm and a podcast you might like to listen to.

Before all the … Read the rest