Jasper Rees
- Writer and journalist
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The Chortle comedy book festival is back
Stars taking part in next month's event include Frank Skinner, Adam Buxton, Helen Lederer, Richard Herring, Mark Watson, Andy Hamilton, Gary Delaney, Laura Lexx, Robin Ince, Matt Forde, Arthur Mathews and Michael Spicer.
Chortle, 27th October 2020Victoria Wood spent final days writing final sketch
The much-loved comedy legend wanted to keep working a new biography has revealed.
Nicola Methven and Katie Fitzpatrick, Manchester Evening News, 26th October 2020Let's Do It by Jasper Rees review
The secret of Wood's humour was her lonely childhood, says Libby Purves.
Libby Purves, The Times, 23rd October 2020Book review: Let's Do It
This comprehensive biography provides Wood with a well-deserved celebration of her hugely accomplished life while not glossing over her unhappy childhood, difficult rise to the top, her sometimes infuriating perfectionism, her marriage break-up as well as her heartbreaking final illness.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 22nd October 2020The hidden face of Victoria Wood
Behind the genial image of the beloved comedienne was a ruthless perfectionist who filled her co-stars with dread - and was jealous of even close friends such as Julie Walters.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 22nd October 2020Wood & Walters once got so drunk they woke on bar floor
After striking up a friendship with Julie Walters, "shy" Victoria Wood found her pal had become not only a close friend, but also her muse for her comedy acting which propelled their pair of them to stardom.
Jasper Rees, The Mirror, 18th October 2020Victoria Wood biography explores her painful childhood
Victoria Wood's best work had a comic breadth and energy few contemporaries could match. When she died in 2016, for some fans it was as though a family member had been taken from them. Now an authorised biography looks at what lay behind her extraordinary and multifaceted talent.
Vincent Dowd, BBC, 16th October 2020Victoria Wood biography exclusive
Victoria Wood biography exclusive: 'She made audiences laugh till it hurt and choked them up with sorrow'. Jasper Rees explains what made the great Lancastrian a comedian like no other.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 2nd October 2020Roy Hudd: 'I was just trying to make 'em laugh'
The most traditional of entertainers, who has died at 83, harked back to a vanished age.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 16th March 2020Tim Minchin, Eventim Apollo review
Age has not withered the ginger Ninja comic, but there is an intruiging new tone.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 9th November 2019