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Isobel Lewis

  • Journalist

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Jordan Gray review

People have threatened to shoot Jordan Gray at her shows - but she's as brazen as ever.

Isobel Lewis, i Newspaper, 22nd May 2025

Pear review

Pear could see these 6ft 7in twins reaching new comedic heights at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 16th May 2025

Jack Whitehall doesn't deserve a Christmas special

The comedian's Amazon one-off is part sketch show, part improvisational exercise and part travel programme. It's chaotic and forgettable.

Isobel Lewis, i Newspaper, 3rd December 2024

How Taskmaster became a stratospheric, and very silly, success story

The Greg Davies-fronted show has become a mega hit for Channel 4 after making the leap from Dave years ago, but execs took some convincing that it could work, creator Alex Horne tells Isobel Lewis.

Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 30th May 2024

Ivo Graham: "Edinburgh Fringe is being diluted"

As he launches his new stand-up special, the comedian talks about being sent to boarding school on his eighth birthday, spending lockdown with his ex and their baby - and being posh.

Isobel Lewis, i Newspaper, 3rd May 2024

Changing Ends review

Alan Carr's sitcom deserves to be a hit.

Isobel Lewis, i Newspaper, 16th April 2024

Sam Campbell review

Hilarious, perplexing and on another level.

Isobel Lewis, i Newspaper, 16th March 2024

Selin Hizli: Daisy May Cooper couldn't tell me I'd been cut from This Country

The star of Things You Should Have Done and Am I Being Unreasonable? tells Isobel Lewis about the brutality of drama school, her friendship with Daisy May Cooper and why she thought having children had killed her career.

Isobel Lewis, i Newspaper, 14th March 2024

Things You Should Have Done review

YouTube comedian Lucia Keskin is a master of deadpan comedy in this off-the-wall sitcom.

Isobel Lewis, i Newspaper, 29th February 2024

Lara Ricote: "I've got gigs because I'm a woman - I've got the texts to prove it"

The comedian talks about tokenism, her years as a teenage soap star, and learning to mine her deafness for laughs on stage.

Isobel Lewis, i Newspaper, 21st February 2024

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