Jen Brister
- Writer, stand-up comedian and actor
Press clippings
Specsavers launches its first ever comedy club in London to normalise eye symptoms in the over 40s
This April, Specsavers is hosting its first ever comedy club, in partnership with eye-conic stand-up comedian and writer Jen Brister.
London Post, 6th April 2024Live at the Marlowe: review
A review of performances from Jen Brister, Desiree Burch, Harriet Kemsley and Sindhu Vee.
Lynne Parker, Funny Women, 4th March 2024Icklewick FM review
Is there something of the Royston Vasey about Icklewick? A small Northern backwater, full of eccentrics, with something sinister afoot...
Chortle, 23rd January 2024Jen Brister's stand-up special The Optimist now on YouTube
Jen Brister's critically-acclaimed stand-up hour The Optimist is now available for free on YouTube.
British Comedy Guide, 19th December 2023The Delightful Sausage launch special & share Icklewick FM cast
The Delightful Sausage have shared further details of their upcoming Radio 4 sitcom, Icklewick FM, including a cast that includes Colin Hoult, Lucy Beaumont, Jen Brister, Phil Ellis, Barbara Nice and Mark Silcox, plus some undisclosed big names, just as the award-nominated pair, Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill, concurrently release their second special today, Nowt But Sea.
British Comedy Guide, 14th December 2023Jen Brister talks pride, performing, and the point of no return for a gag
"I loved travelling abroad... now I can't be bothered."
RDG, 28th January 2023Wells Comedy Festival announces first acts
The Wells Comedy Festival has announced its seventh edition, bringing some of the country's top names in comedy to the heart of Somerset.
Beyond The Joke, 27th January 2023Jen Brister: The Optimist review
No one rages against life and the world better than Brister, but the comic is too good to be confined by her furious persona.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 15th January 2023Jen Brister: The Optimist review
If comic Jen Brister has learned anything in the past 18 months, it's that she's no good in a crisis. Her tour may be called The Optimist, but take that with a large pinch of ironic salt.
The Recs, 10th October 2022Jen Brister: The Optimist review
If Jen Brister's show title is laced with the thickest of irony, then no one told the amorous couple in her front row last night - although it only exacerbated her pained vibe that she had to order them to shut up and keep their hands and mouths to themselves. This is patently not a show for overt displays of affection.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 7th October 2022