Adrian Shergold
- Director
Press clippings
On digital: Funny Cow -- grim but very funny
Adrian Shergold's story of a stand-up comedian and her miserable milieu ticks all the gritty-northern-period-drama boxes.
David Cheal, The Financial Times, 24th August 2018Funny Cow review
If Adrian Shergold's film tells us anything about life in 1970s England, the overriding message is that being a female standup comedian was clearly no laughing matter.
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 23rd April 2018Review: Funny Cow
Maxine Peake captivates in a film that takes a serious look at being funny.
Emma Simmonds, The List, 16th April 2018Funny Cow review - Maxine Peake blazes
Peake is hypnotically belligerent as an ambitious club performer trampling over prejudice and sticky carpets on the 1970s comedy circuit.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 11th October 2017'Funny Cow': London review
Maxine Peake is defiantly good as a Northern comic working the sexist circuit of the 1970s and 80s.
Wendy Ide, Screen Daily, 10th October 2017Funny Cow review
Adrian Shergold's edgy comedy Funny Cow exudes a certain vintage Britishness. Taking place in the 70s and 80s, atmospherically there is a tinge of EastEnders and classics like Alfie.
Catherine Sedgwick, The Upcoming, 9th October 2017