In 2015, Grace made her Edinburgh Festival debut at the age of twelve making her the youngest stand-up comic. With her wise-cracking one-line gags and anarchic humour she sold out her performances on a customised double-decker bus. She also told a joke which was listed by TV-channel Dave as one of the ten funniest jokes on the Fringe.

Grace’s joke – “They’re always telling me to live my dreams. But I don’t want to be naked in an exam I haven’t revised for.”

The dream Grace describes is probably one when she is asleep and where it is difficult to escape. And the power of this joke rings bells for a great many people who have a fear of embarrassing themselves in public. Dreams we have during the day are sometimes a little more controllable in that we can ‘snap-out’ of negative thoughts if we try hard enough. However, although people often consider that daydreams are about a positive future they can also belong to the flip-side which is about fear or worry.

Mentally exploring both positive and negative things which might happen enables us to prepare and take advantage of good opportunities and possibly avoid negative situations.

Grace retired after her performances in 2015, but in 2016 she returned for her show – Grace the Former Child: Party Politics. It is perhaps the world’s youngest comeback tour.