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This week's new comedy
Previews of Michael Che, Josie Long and Tom Craine].
James Kettle, The Guardian, 31st May 2014Josie Long: finding the funny in a tour of Tate Modern
Josie Long has never been one for comedy clubs - her latest gig takes audiences on a whistlestop tour of Tate Modern. Art always inspires her sets, but she may be an unreliable guide...
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 24th April 2014The Robin Ince three minute interview
Stand-Up comic Robin Ince isn't a name dropper. So Martin Walker will do some for him. In a 25 year long career he's worked with the likes of Chris Addison, Richard Dawkins, Ricky Gervais, Stewart Lee, Josie Long, Natalie Haynes, and (gulp) Brian Cox. He's currently touring his show, Robin Ince: In and Out of His mind.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 26th March 2014Jimmy Carr returns to host the entertainment where consonant-cussing and vowel-fouling are positively encouraged. What by rights should have been a diverting one-off is now arguably more successful than the Cats original.
The show works because the Countdown format is nigh-on impregnable, while there's nobody more competitive than a stand-up comic (no matter how dodgy their numeracy skills). Guests Kevin Bridges, Rhod Gilbert and Josie Long take on the brainteasers with regular captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson, while Rachel Riley prepares for teasing of a different kind.
James Gill, Radio Times, 3rd January 2014Interview: Josie Long on making short comedy films
Meeting director Doug King was the turning point, leading to the pair making two short comedy films, Let's Go Swimming and Romance And Adventure, shot in Glasgow.
Steve Pratt, The Northern Echo, 6th November 2013Josie Long interview
"I believe I'm getting better, even if everyone else thinks I'm getting worse."
Scott Barnett, Such Small Portions, 5th November 2013Josie Long in comedy short film tour
Last year, Josie Long and director Doug King made two short comedy films in Glasgow called Let's Go Swimming and Romance and Adventure, which were nominated for a BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award.
Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 6th September 2013Comedy review: Robin Ince & Josie Long, Glasgow
A live version of Robin Ince and Josie Long's shambolic, sporadic podcast, this is a show for established fans only.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 3rd September 2013Comedy review: Robin Ince & Josie Long, Glasgow
A live version of Robin Ince and Josie Long's shambolic, sporadic podcast, this is a show for established fans only.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 3rd September 2013Baconface heads up Alternative Comedy Experience
Added to the ranks of explicitly political comics like Josie Long and Andy Zaltzman are the staunchly left-wing Grainne Maguire, libertarian, instinctive contrarian Liam Mullone and the uncompromising, anti-consumerist Alfie Brown.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 5th July 2013