Andrew Doyle
- Northern Irish
- Writer, producer, stand-up comedian and reviewer
Press clippings Page 6
Interview: Andrew Doyle on Titania McGrath
The Titania McGrath creator takes his new show Mxnifesto to Edinburgh.
Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 26th July 2019I created a woke monster, now I'm bringing her to life
For a long time, it was generally accepted that anyone who unironically used the word "woke" was a cretin. But over the past few years, hyper-zealous social justice activists have happily embraced the term as a form of self-identification. I'm talking here about those who rail against Toy Story 4 for its lack of diversity, blame Dad's Army for Brexit, and who think that air conditioning is sexist.
Andrew Doyle, The Telegraph, 26th July 2019Titania McGrath TV show in development
TV production company Whizz Kid Entertainment have announced that they've secured the rights to Andrew Doyle's woke millennial character Titania McGrath.
British Comedy Guide, 25th July 2019Alice Marshall to play Titania McGrath
Comedian Alice Marshall has been named as the actor who will play Andrew Doyle's woke icon character Titania McGrath at the Edinburgh Fringe.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd July 2019Fringe 10x10: Ten contrarians
Ten acts challenging the liberal consensus.
Chortle, 17th July 2019Get the cops out of comedy
It is outrageous that the police 'assessed' Jo Brand's battery-acid joke.
Andrew Doyle, Spiked, 17th June 2019I went to war with PC police and gained 260K followers
'Militant vegan, radical intersectionalist poet' Titania McGrath has become a Twitter sensation for her right-on commentary and privilege-checking wisdom... Behind the mask, she is a white male comedian keen to take potshots at the po-faced.
Eleanor Steafel, The Telegraph, 18th May 2019Titania McGrath - Woke review
There will undoubtedly be concerns that the reading and disseminating of Titania McGrath's Woke will lead to radicalisation and extremism. As she warns us, "Let's not forget that Al-Qaeda started off as an improvisational sketch group." But what it will really achieve is to provide succour to those sickened of and silenced by the intolerance, hypocrisy and censoriousness of progressives. Woke is a delicious tonic for those weary of urban hipster group-think, but sturdy enough to take a stand in the culture wars. It will preach to the converted, for sure, but McGrath's laser-focused satire will demolish many a house of cards for those who haven't quite thought their way out of the stifling confines of radical leftism. If Woke does not prove their wake-up call, nothing will.
Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 4th April 2019Titiana McGrath book review
But what's funny in tweets can get grinding over the length of a book, even one as concise as this, and the nagging whisper that gags at the expense of the more extreme utterances of the left are actually promoting a more unpleasant agenda of the reactionary right starts getting louder.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th March 2019Andrew Doyle: Why I invented Titania McGrath
Andrew Doyle on his infamous woke Twitter character.
Andrew Doyle, Spiked, 12th March 2019