Review - Jenny Eclair

'Embrace the madness', says Jenny Eclair. I couldn't agree more.

Underground doesn't like Jenny Eclair undies

Jenny Eclair tweeted that the ad for her London tour date destined for the Tube station had been held up by TfL "due to 'nudity'".

Radio 4 renews Jenny Eclair's Little Lifetimes

Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of Little Lifetimes monologues from Jenny Eclair.

Jenny Eclair: "I absolutely hate prissiness"

Here's some news to make book worms feel all warm and fuzzy this winter: the Cambridge Literary Festival is back - and bigger and better than ever. One of the many literary treats in store comes in the shape of the brilliantly funny Jenny Eclair who, ahead of her appearance in Cambridge, tells Lydia Fallon why she's feeling lucky...

Jenny Eclair intervew

What your younger self would make of you today: comedian, actress and writer Jenny Eclair looks back...

Jenny Eclair: 'It was HRT or HMP Holloway for me'

Still banging the drum for grumpy old women, comic and writer Jenny Eclair talks to Hannah Stephenson about staying sane, stage fright and her latest novel.

Jenny Eclair interview

Former punk poet Jenny Eclair was one of the first women to break into the stand-up comedy boys' club.

Comedians sign letter condemning "banter"

A collective of comedians including Daniel Sloss, Katherine Ryan, Janey Godley and Jenny Eclair has signed a statement condemning misogyny dressed up as banter. This article publishes the letter in full.

The 80s comedy club where heckling became an art form

What's left of the old Mitre Arms sits on a grim, grey stretch of the A102, within gobbing distance of the Blackwall Tunnel. It looks like the sort of pub where you'd get bottled if you looked at someone in a funny way. So it's hard to believe that in the late 80s this place helped launch the careers of a generation of alternative comedians including Harry Enfield, Vic Reeves, Jenny Eclair, Jerry Sadowitz, Jeremy Hardy and Jo Brand.

Radio Times review

A middle-aged woman is flying to Venice with her husband when their plane hits terrible turbulence. While he clutches her hand in silence she uses these 13 minutes for an interior monologue on his years of adultery.

Written by Jenny Eclair, this is an exquisitely crafted piece of work, where every simile, every quip, every moment of self-analysis is an orgasmic explosion of language. Lesley Manville sounds like she has so much fun voicing this. I know I did listening to it.