Beth Jones
{{Short description|Welsh comedian}}
{{Orphan|date=February 2023}}
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| nationality = British
| education = Ysgol Glan Clwyd
| occupation = Comedian
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Beth Jones is a Welsh comedian.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - Comedy Club at Machynlleth, Comedy Club at Machynlleth 2017 - Arthur met Welsh-speaking comics Phil Cooper & Beth Jones |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p051yl8w/p051ylp2 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Lenny |first=Elin |date=December 5, 2019 |title=Goreuon Stand Yp yn goleuo nosweithiau tywyll y gaeaf |url=https://dlo6cycw1kmbs.cloudfront.net/media/media_assets/51_Stand_Yp_Tudur_Owen.pdf |access-date=July 29, 2022}}
Early life
Beth Jones is a stand-up comedian from Wales who performs in the Welsh language.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - Comedy Club at Machynlleth, Comedy Club at Machynlleth 2017 - Arthur met Welsh-speaking comics Phil Cooper & Beth Jones |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p051yl8w/p051ylp2 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} She grew up in the Clwyd Valley and attended Ysgol Glan Clwyd, a Welsh medium secondary school, but now lives in Cardiff.
Career
She has been on stage, radio and television since at least 2016 when she was one of the performers in the comedy production 'Gwerthu Allan' on S4C, the Welsh language television channel.{{Cite web |title=Press {{!}} S4C |url=https://www.s4c.cymru/en/press/post/28332/tribute-to-comedian-gethin-thomas/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.s4c.cymru}} One of her earliest gigs was at the cultural event Gŵyl Arall {{Cite news |date=2016-07-10 |title=Lluniau: Gŵyl Arall: 2016 |language=cy |work=BBC Cymru Fyw |url=https://www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/36757889 |access-date=2022-07-29}} in Caernarfon in July 2016 with fellow Welsh speaking comedians Gary Slaymaker and Hywel Pitts.
She has appeared in various shows and festivals including the Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2017 with other Welsh-speaking comedians, Josh Elton and Calum Stewart.{{Cite web |title=Sioe'r Digrifwyr Newydd |url=https://machcomedyfest.co.uk/show/2017/beth-jones-josh-elton-a-calum-stewart-sioer-digrifwyr-newydd/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=Machynlleth Comedy Festival |language=en-GB}} At that festival she featured in an item about Welsh Comedy on BBC Radio 4 Extra with the prominent English comedian and presenter, Arthur Smith.
Beth has also done comedy sets as part of the Stand Up For Wales sessions organized by the Swansea group of the political campaign group Yes Cymru.{{Cite web |title=Stand Up For Wales |url=https://www.yes.cymru/standup |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=YesCymru EN |language=en}}
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Category:21st-century Welsh comedians
Category:Welsh women comedians