She first appeared at Edinburgh in 2005 as half of a two-handed show with Roisin Conarty, before taking a couple of years away from stand-up, first with the 2006 Fringe show Take Aa Break Tales, then 2007's Psister Psycho, which was nominated for a Chortle Award for best show. She returned with stand-upshows in 2008 and 2009.

Ward is also a regular Radio writer, having contributed to the topical shows Look Away Now, The Now Show and The News Quiz, as well as Radio 2's The Day the Music Died.