Lorna Rose Treen

Lorna Rose Treen is an award-winning character comedian, writer, actor and improviser, whose arrival on the scene has been remarkable.

Over the summer of 2023, Lorna made her much anticipated Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut at The Pleasance Courtyard with her nonsensical escapist character show – SKIN PIGEON - to absolutely rave reviews, with five stars from The Telegraph, who wrote: "Skin Pigeon is a gloriously daft hour from one of the most exciting young comics around." Lorna won Dave's inaugural Funniest Joke of the Fringe, becoming the second woman to scoop the title.

Fresh from her sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run, Lorna took SKIN PIGEON to the Soho Theatre last October and sold out instantly!

Lorna became the first ever double award winner at the Funny Women Awards in 2022, when she won both the “Stage Award” and the “Comedy Short Award”. Watch her hilarious, award-winning short here – MY ENTERTAINMENT BADGE. 

Lorna then went on to win Chortle’s coveted Best Newcomer Award in early 2023.

Lorna's BBC Radio 4 comedy series Time of the Week, co-written with Jonathan Oldfield, parodies women's current affairs and talk shows, was broadcast in June and stars Sian Clifford.

Alongside her award-winning live work, Lorna has made waves with her viral TikTok and Instagram sketches – which have amassed over 2 million likes and millions more views. Watch here.

As an actor, she has appeared in THE EMILY ATACK SHOW for ITV, and voiced the Snake in an advert for PETA with Blink Ink with Jessie Cave. She played the lead role in short-film AS I LIVE AND BREATH (Take the Shot Productions) which is currently doing the festival circuit now.

Lorna has written for radio, stage and online, including BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2, and BBC Radio 4 Extra. She’s a current writer and cast member for the upcoming series of BBC R4’s DMs ARE OPEN. 

Her award-winning comedy short was screened at the London Short Film Festival 2023.

Lorna is also a seasoned improvisor, performing with Improvised True Crime Documentary: Criminally Untrue as well as an alumnus of the Improverts, Edinburgh's longest running improvisation troupe.

Reviews for SKIN PIGEON:

"[Lorna] pulled off the unprecedented feat of winning both main awards (for stage and screen work), and her skits have had millions of views on Tiktok. Off the back of all that, her Fringe debut has now sold out its month-long run. Could it possibly live up to expectations? The answer, thankfully, is yes: Skin Pigeon is a gloriously daft hour from one of the most exciting young comics around."  ✭✭✭✭✭  Telegraph

It’s a wild experience, yet one of the funniest at this year’s Fringe. The result, usually, is part guffaw, part groan – but total pleasure. Since winning the Funny Women award last year, Treen’s Edinburgh show has been highly anticipated. Debuts trailed by such feverish excitement don’t always live up to the hype – but Treen’s does, and then some. ✭✭✭✭✭  The Independent

"Newcomer Lorna Rose Treen has created the biggest buzz so far, with rave reviews from critics, and word-of-mouth plaudits from the public....Skin Pigeon is an oddball character-based comedy like no other. Unless something else even more brilliant comes along, which is not out of the question given the high standard of the Fringe this year, she must be a favourite for another nod when the festival ends later this month."  ✭✭✭✭✭ Evening Standard 

“A contagious, radiating hilarity… The most fun a person can have in a room featuring folding chairs” ✭✭✭✭✭ Observer

There are moments of pure brilliance - This hour reminds me of the outlandish adventures we dreamt up as children, the hours spent playing out complex imaginary storylines with friends. It’s nostalgic, it’s ridiculous, and it’s hilarious. An incredibly strong fringe debut, Treen performs with unwavering energy throughout. ✭✭✭✭✭ Lost In Theatreland

"It is inventive as hell, with much of the joy coming from the simple fact Treen had any of these ideas in the first place. But it’s also the lack of smug fourth well breaking or explaining the overriding concept or even giving us a clue who the real Lorna Rose Treen is or what she sounds like until the very end. She attacks each of these ridiculous scenarios with the intensity of somebody giving her ‘Hamlet’, and her belief pays off – a most excellent fancy." ✭✭✭✭ Time Out

"A song for girls who identify as weird sums up the ethos of Treen’s joyous comedy - that we should celebrate the misfits as, by definition, they will never be average."  ✭✭✭✭ Chortle

"Skin Pigeon is a very funny and genuinely fascinating show, which has the audience both bemused and entranced by its oddness, and hooting with laughter. Lorna Rose Treen's characters are fantastical, but there’s method in the madness."  ✭✭✭✭ The Skinny

"With the effusive praise from her contemporaries, it was possible that ‘Skin Pigeon’ could be a victim of sky-high expectations. Happily, Lorna Rose Treen’s debut hour is every bit as special as we were led to believe. Brilliantly performed, expertly paced, and consistently surprising, it’s an early highlight. Award recognition may beckon, and a national run surely does." ✭✭✭✭✭ The Wee Review

"There is no limit, rhyme or reason to anyone we meet, and every character is more exciting, hilarious and bizarre than the last.[...] The roaring success of this show, and of Lorna’s comedy in general, comes from the unique creativity of her mind, and her ability to fully translate these visions into an undulating roster of batshit weirdos you can’t help but want to be around." LMAOnaise

AWARDS

Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2023 - Winner

Chortle Awards’ Best Newcomer 2023 – Winner

Funny Women Awards Stage Award 2022 – Winner

Funny Women Awards Comedy Short Award 2022 – Winner

Leicester Square Theatre’s Sketch-Off 2023 – Second

New Act of the Year 2022 – Finalist 

Raze Collective’s Queer Creators 2022

PRESS

"I laughed so much I violently bit my tongue" Independent

“Off-kilter energy and unflagging commitment to the silly” Chortle

"Had the audience wrapped around her gloved little finger from the moment she stepped on stage… Mix of brilliance, creativity and the right amount of weirdness" Funny Women

"Lorna Rose Treen was something different" Beyond the Joke

"Full of infectious energy... ridiculous, and ridiculously funny" Ed Fringe Review

“An enormously enjoyable and entertaining experience, packed with infectious laughs” Broadway Baby