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Eddie Izzard: 'Politicians on the Right are trying to stoke hatred'
Ahead of her hotly anticipated stage adaptation of Great Expectations, Eddie Izzard tells Nick Curtis about assuming her true identity as Suzy, hopes of becoming a Labour MP in 2024 and why the culture wars are bad for all of us.
Nick Curtis, Evening Standard, 24th May 2023Suzy Eddie Izzard recalls 'fighting on the streets' after coming out as transgender
Suzy Eddie Izzard shared the abuse she received when she first came out as transgender in the 1980s, including verbal abuse and being fought in the streets.
Niamh Spence, The Mirror, 20th May 2023Daisy May Cooper and Dara O Briain launch debut podcasts via Audible
Audible has announced a new batch of shows, with Daisy May Cooper and Dara O Briain amongst those making their first podcast series via the platform. There's also new podcasts coming from Lolly Adefope and Mo Gilligan, and the company has renewed the podcasts by Alan Partridge, Kurupt FM, French & Saunders and Jack Whitehall.
British Comedy Guide, 26th April 2023Eddie Izzard on her one-woman, 19-role Great Expectations
After 30 years, the stand-up star is now finally winning acting plaudits, for a 'tour de force' take on Dickens with sharper punchlines - and Hamlet is next.
Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 26th April 2023Eddie Izzard to perform one-woman Hamlet
Eddie Izzard is seeking to follow up her one-woman staging of Great Expectations with a theatrical production of Hamlet in which she once again plays all of the characters.
British Comedy Guide, 18th April 2023Eddie Izzard: 'Most right wing comedians are racist and sexist'
Eddie Izzard has said playing 19 different characters in a stage-production of Great Expectations is "perfect for a trans person".
Talk TV, 30th March 2023Eddie Izzard pays tribute to Paul O'Grady
"It would have been nice if he could have stuck around for longer," Izzard said .
Inga Parkel, The Independent, 30th March 2023If we can't joke about men and women, there's truly no hope in comedy
Good-humoured riffing on the sexes' different characteristics, traits and tendencies is what makes us laugh loudest.
Celia Walden, The Telegraph, 28th March 2023Eddie Izzard thinks most comedians are lefties. It's not that simple
The comedian has criticised right-wing comedians but the old labels no longer apply, says Dominic Maxwell.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 27th March 2023Eddie Izzard says trans people will get through 'tough times' as she blames right-wing for 'stirring things up'
The comedian, who recently announced that she also goes by the name Suzy, spoke out against the notion that there is a real "culture war" taking place over trans issues.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 23rd March 2023