Press clippings Page 11
Best of 2019: comedy
It was a year in which we welcomed some big, big names back on stage, including Ben Elton, Clive Anderson and Jack Dee.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 28th December 2019Eddie Izzard: Everyone's cup of tea
Eddie Izzard has mastered sketches about talking dogs, run multiple marathons and condensed a Dickens novel. But his next career move might be his most surreal yet - a move into politics.
Brian Donaldson, Big Issue North, 23rd October 2019Sir Billy Connolly answers questions from fellow comics
When BBC Radio 5 Live's Nihal Arthanayake had the opportunity to interview Sir Billy Connolly, he invited five famous comedians, including Eddie Izzard and Romesh Ranganathan to pose their own question...
Nihal Arthanayake, BBC, 21st October 2019Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar review
A typically inventive adventure as the surreal stand-up quits his comedy family to spend more time with politics.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 10th October 2019Eddie Izzard, Brighton Dome review
Whether Izzard makes it to Westminster - or possibly Brussels - we'll wait and see. But he's on superb form, and politics' gain will be comedy's loss.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 30th September 2019Eddie Izzard review
Wunderbar is packed with surreal sugar - delightful animals and gobbledegook - but the pill of messianic politics is hard to swallow.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 29th September 2019Eddie Izzard interview
We speak to the stand-up about his love of languages, his contempt for populist politicians and how he can get comedy from something as simple as a barking dog.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 23rd September 2019Review - Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar
Wunderbar genuinely swoops from the sublime to the ridiculous. How many comics will namecheck a specific gene as well as mime a suspicious seagull?
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 19th September 2019Fringe 2019: festival's 13 best comedy acts to watch
The curtain rises this week on the world's biggest arts festival. We pick the best shows from the thousands taking place over next 25 days.
Alice Jones and Emily Jupp, i Newspaper, 1st August 2019Eddie Izzard receieves honorary degree from Swansea
Eddie Izzard didn't disappoint those who turned out to see him collect his honorary degree from Swansea University on Thursday.
Andrew Bullock, Daily Mail, 25th July 2019