About Nicola and Rosie.
Flo & Joan are the multi-award winning British musical comedy duo, and sisters, Nicola and Rosie Dempsey. The piano/percussion pair have headlined and played to sold-out audiences across the UK, North America and Australia, and their hour-long special, Alive on Stage is streaming in over 200 countries on Amazon Prime.
Originally Portsmouth local’s, the Dempsey family home was in Cosham. So it was no surprise that Nicola and Rosie and had association with the local youth theatre scene in Portsmouth through their growing up years. Since then, they have gone on to have a high-profile career with television appearances on Live at the Apollo (BBC), The Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club (ITV) and The Russell Howard Hour (Sky) and their songs have amassed over 75 million views online. They have also written songs for the West End musical Death Drop and written and performed songs for television shows including Horrible Histories (CBBC), Rob Delaney’s Stand Up Central (Comedy Central), and BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show.
Now a hugely acclaimed live act, they started at and returned to New Theatre Royal with their twice-extended 140-date tour, of Sweet Release, which also played at the Melbourne Comedy Festival as well as the being one of the top 20 best-reviewed shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The pair’s other accolades include winning Chortle’s Best Music and Variety Act, Leicester Comedy Festival’s Best Musical Act, Montreal Sketchfest Best of the Fest Selection and Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival’s Now Magazine Audience Choice Award.
