Joby Mageean
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Feature: Save live comedy
Stand-up comedy has been my life for over seven years as a performer, writer and promoter. My best friends are comics or work in comedy clubs, spending time at shows was my social life and I've loved embracing everything comedy has had to offer, even taxi drivers telling me 'you can have that one' on the journey home from gigs.
Si Beckwith, Narc Magazine, 5th August 2020Comics star in Women's Aid fundraiser
Stand-up comedy night isobelly laughs is going online for a lockdown special on Thursday, May 7 at 7.30pm.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th May 20202017: The comedians to watch
To mark the new year, we asked several comedy club promoters around the country for their tips of comedians to watch in 2017 - the stand-ups they expect to break through to the next level of success. Here is their top ten (plus a few more for good measure)
Chortle, 30th December 2016Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of Year review
A perfectly splendid night of comedy, this competition final was worth the ticket price. Nobody died - which is the least you can hope for - and some distinguished themselves. There was a standout winner (Joby MageeanOlga Koch) but the second and third positions (and there could have been a fourth) were tightly contested.
Julia Chamberlain, Chortle, 29th November 2016English Comedian Of The Year 2016
In the end, it was a relative rookie who triumphed - and will now be gracing next year's Adelaide and Perth festivals down under on the back of his achievement. Josh Pugh, winner of a couple of new act awards in the Midlands last year, took the title for a set packed full of short, quirky jokes from a peculiarly offbeat mind.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th July 2016English Comedian of the Year 2016 results
Josh Pugh has been crowned English Comedian of the Year 2016. He topped a field of 12 comedians performing at the final at the Udderbelly in London. Andrew Maxwell was the compere.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th July 2016Review: Burning Duck Comedy Club, York
Reviews of Vince Atta, Joby Mageean, Rich Massara, Sam Potter and David Callaghan.
Louise Jones, The York Press, 15th January 2016