Barbara Scully’s brand-new One-Woman Show ‘Because I’m Worth It’ comes to glór, following the success of her first show, Older Bolder Wiser.
‘Because I’m Worth It’ is once again based on the theme of getting older but with a different focus. Like ‘Older, Bolder, Wiser’ it is a combination of stand-up comedy and story telling. This time Barbara spins tales of how now that she is in her sixties, she is now finally able to put herself front and centre of her life as she realises that she is ‘bloody well worth it’.”
So there are some things she will no longer do – such as flying with a certain budget airline and there are things that she insists on doing now, because she is worth it and that is where she comes unstuck at times, with hilarious results. Her stories of pampering herself in Spas abroad are hysterical.
Her shows, although clearly aimed mainly at women, have been a hit with the men who have attended too. “I have had men at all my shows, and they laughed and learned lots along the way.” Barbara feels that her unique selling point is that she is serving an audience (mainly women over 40) who are not well served by stand up comedy.
Barbara says she wants her audience to go home having had a great laugh, and feeling far better about getting older than they did when they arrived.
‘Because I’m Worth It’ is an evening in the company of Barbara Scully as she tells us why older women are so worth it, and how that has nothing to do with anti ageing and everything to do with being a bad ass.
Writer, broadcaster and comedy storyteller, Barbara Scully says she is on a mission to change how we view ageing particularly for women. Her book, Wise Up, published in 2022 came from her desire to let women know that once menopause is negotiated, life becomes particularly sweet and can be hugely enjoyable and fulfilling.
Barbara dipped her toe into comedy in 2024 and realised that mid life plus women were an audience hungry for a laugh and were very enthusiastic about her positive ageing message. Her first one woman show was called Older, Bolder, Wiser and was well received in 2025. Her new show is called ‘Because I’m Worth It’ and is touring now.
