Bridget Christie
- 52 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 24
Bridget Christie: I'm tackling some heavy subjects
Bridget Christie: I'm tackling some heavy subjects in my comedy routine, but that doesn't mean it can't be funny.
Bridget Christie, The Independent, 5th October 2014Bridget Christie, 23rd September 2014
Sat in the middle of the second row of a small arts centre with nobody sat in the seat in front of me, it wouldn't have been unusual to feel on edge, exposed or even anxious at the thought of spending two hours sat eye to eye with the force that is Bridget Christie. But it may come as a surprise for you to hear that as an audience member, I have never felt more comfortable than when sat listening to Bridget perform her material.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 24th September 2014Toast Of London wins prestigious Rose d'Or award
Matt Berry's Channel 4 sitcom Toast Of London has won the sitcom award at the prestigious international Rose d'Or Awards. Bridget Christie won in the radio category.
British Comedy Guide, 18th September 2014Bridget Christie interview with Mark Lawson
Two years ago she delivered her standup routine to 10 people in a strip club. Now she's a star of the Edinburgh Fringe and touring the country. She talks biros, big families and why the new pope is 'bloody marvellous'.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 29th August 2014Stewart Lee interview
Known for his acerbic wit, 46-year-old writer, comedian, director, producer and musician Stewart Lee lives in London with his wife, fellow comedian Bridget Christie, and their two children.
Belfast Telegraph, 21st August 2014Edinburgh comedy awards: explore all the winners
From Cambridge Footlights in 1981 to Bridget Christie in 2013, explore the history of the Foster's Edinburgh comedy awards. Find out who won, who they beat and how the art of comedy changed each year. When did standup come to the fore rather than sketch humour? Who was the first female winner? Who won in the year that Jack Dee, Lily Savage and Frank Skinner were in the running? The winners of this year's awards will be announced on 23 August.
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 20th August 2014Radio Times review
As the title promises, these sessions from Edinburgh's Stand Comedy Club are the opposite of ordinary television comedy: rough around the edges, whimsical, occasionally controversial. This instalment is especially refreshing because it boasts an all-female line-up. Familiar faces Bridget Christie and Josie Long are joined by Maeve Higgins who has novel ideas about exercise, Helen Keen on modern relationships and self-professed "geek songstress" Helen Arney performing a surreal ode to the sun. Christie fans should tune in purely for her energetic tirade about Stirling Moss.
Claire Webbb, Radio Times, 19th August 2014Si Hawkins' Fringe Diary #1
Si Hawkins reports back on four shows from award-winners: Bridget Christie, David O'Doherty, Tim Key and Doctor Brown.
British Comedy Guide, 17th August 2014Four female comedy stars to watch at the Fringe
You may have failed miserably at scoring tickets for last year's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner - FYI, Bridget Christie's A Bic for Her rightfully scooped the Best Show prize - but there are plenty of other female comic talents making waves at the Fringe in 2014, actively disproving the myth that women aren't funny.
Polly Allen, The Huffington Post, 15th August 2014How female comics took over the Fringe
At this year's Edinburgh Fringe there are almost as many jokes about feminism as there are about cats on the internet. Which is to say, lots of them. Bridget Christie, fresh from winning the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier) last year, is back with an hour that tackles female circumcision and the ridiculous sexualisation present even in yoghurt adverts. Sara Pascoe's tour of women in history includes a delightfully sharp debunking of Page 3. Luisa Omielan is packing out a ballroom each night with Am I Right Ladies?!, a raucous celebration in which she sticks her fingers up at issues such as body fascism.
Alex Hardy, The Times, 14th August 2014