Bridget Christie
- 53 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 18
How feminist comics stopped women being the punchline
A couple of years ago, you'd have struggled to fill a long weekend in August watching female comedians strut their stuff. But not anymore.
Alice Barraclough, The Telegraph, 25th August 2016The perks and pitfalls of the work-in-progress
More big-hitting acts like Daniel Kitson and Bridget Christie aren't launching their new shows in Edinburgh - they're developing them there.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd August 201626 things to see during the last week of the Fringe (Link expired)
As we enter the final week of the Edinburgh Festival, there's a certain anxiety that sets in. Have I made the most of it? Did I miss the best show ever? What will become of the lanyards?
Nick Mitchell, WOW247, 22nd August 2016Fringe performers swept up in 2016 political whirlwind
From the Brexit vote to the US presidential race, the tumult of the year's news shows how nimble - or lucky - artists need to be to stay relevant.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 16th August 2016The best jokes from Edinburgh festival
These are the funniest lines we've heard so far from this year's standup shows.
The Guardian, 15th August 2016How Brexit gave comedy the shot in the arm it needed
"I woke up on June 24, and thought 'Cor blimey, I didn't see that one coming!' " exclaims Henning Wehn, self-styled "German Comedy Ambassador in London", near the start of his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Westphalia is Not an Option.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 15th August 2016Six shows you shouldn't miss
Dolphins on LSD, a comic symphony and an improbable family show about a school siege ... our critics pick the top tickets of this year's fringe.
Lyn Gardner and Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th August 2016Brexit puts UK comics in the Thick of It at the Fringe
At this year's Fringe festival in Edinburgh, political comedy takes center stage. With recent upheavals in Britain, the country's comedians are scrambling more than usual to keep their material current.
Anna Russell, The Wall Street Journal, 11th August 2016Bridget Christie on laughing in the face of Brexit
All changed, changed utterly. The show that comedian Bridget Christie is performing in Edinburgh this month isn't the show she had planned. That was called Mortal and it was about just that: mortality. But then Britain - or rather large parts of England and Wales (but not London, where she lives) - decided to vote to leave the European Union. We now live in another country. And how can you ignore that, she says?
Teddy Jamieson, The Herald, 7th August 2016Political comedy isn't dead
Serious issues are back on the stand-up agenda. Here are the Fringe's hottest topics.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 7th August 2016