Jo Brand
- 66 years old
- English
- Writer, stand-up comedian and actor
Press clippings Page 2
Edinburgh Festival Fringe: 26 photos looking back at the Fringe in the 1980s
So many memories from August in Edinburgh in the 1980s.
Kevin Quinn, Edinburgh Evening News, 23rd July 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 2023Just For Laughs London, review
It's a tough job launching a comedy festival in London, given the the city has hundreds of gigs a week anyway. Where Just For Laughs absolutely dominates downtown Montreal for a couple of weeks in July, you could easily be in London and be entirely unaware it was on.
Chortle, 6th March 2023Bleak Expectations stage play gets West End run
Dickensian pastiche Bleak Expectations, a Radio 4 hit from 2007, is to take to the West End stage this summer with a run of headline guest stars.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2023Christmas Carole review
Of the many, many, many versions of Charles Dickens's classic tale produced each year, Sky's retelling adds an intriguing twist or two - but can't help but feel like a plodding adaptation.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th December 2022Christmas Carole review
Suranne Jones is pitch perfect in this instant festive classic.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 24th December 2022Christmas Carole review
Modern-day Scrooge is as flimsy as a party-hat cracker.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 24th December 2022Morecambe & Wise join Sky Christmas comedy with Jo Brand & Nish Kumar
Christmas Carole, Sky Comedy's reimagining of Charles Dickens' festive story, starring Suranne Jones, features Jo Brand, Nish Kumar and Morecambe and Wise, as portrayed by Jonty Stephens and Ian Ashpitel.
British Comedy Guide, 16th November 2022Tony Slattery, Jo Brand and Stewart Lee among new patrons of Leicester Comedy Festival
The 30th Anniversary of Leicester Comedy Festival launches today with a huge line up of comedians performing across Leicester from 8th - 26th February 2023. The Festival is also announcing Eshaan Akbar, Jo Brand, Sikisa and Stewart Lee joining Tony Slattery, as new Patrons. Rosie Jones and Michael Rosen are announced as new patrons of The UK Kids' Comedy Festival.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th October 2022Friday Night Live proves our best satirists are in their 60s
From Ben Elton's electrifying political routine to Harry Enfield's force-10 performance, Channel 4's comedy programme showed that nobody does spiky topicality better than 1980s stars.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th October 2022