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Josie Long
Josie Long

Josie Long

  • 43 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

Press clippings Page 24

Stop me if you've heard this one: Long on shortlist

Josie Long has been nominated for the biggest comedy prize at the Edinburgh Festival for the third year in a row, competing against five "inventive" rivals including a mime and a sketch troupe.

Nick Clark, The Independent, 23rd August 2012

Josie Long nominated for Edinburgh Comedy Award

The nominees for the 2012 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award have been announced.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2012

Jonny & the Baptists all-star NHS video

Marcus Brigstocke, Josie Long, Mitch Benn and Mark Watson are amongst the comics appearing in Jonny & the Baptists's NHS thank you video filmed at the Edinburgh Festival.

British Comedy Guide, 10th August 2012

Longview: Josie Long's Edinburgh festival - in pictures

We asked top comic Josie Long if she'd mind keeping us an Edinburgh festival diary with a difference: in pictures, snapped via Instagram and posted on Twitter. Here's what she came up with: #longview, her pictorial journey around the festival ...

Josie Long, The Guardian, 9th August 2012

Interview - Chris Coltrane: Activism is fun

With a little help from Josie Long, Chris Coltrane is using comedy to fight the bad guys.

Iain Gorman, The Skinny, 4th August 2012

Fringe factions: The Political vs The Surreal

"Politics is not a game," said Winston Churchill. "It is an earnest business." But that doesn't mean it can't be the subject of comedy, as Thom Tuck and Josie Long prove; Rhys Darby and Paul Vickers are two men who are very serious about being silly

Iain Gorman, The Skinny, 31st July 2012

Comedian hits back at trolls in mock video tribute

Isabel Fay's tirade against online bullies - which features Richard Herring and Josie Long - becomes an online hit.

Ben Quinn, The Guardian, 9th June 2012

Where are all the female stand-ups?

Male stand-ups still dominate our TV shows, the live circuit, and last night's Chortle awards. Why? Sarah Millican, Josie Long, Isy Suttie and others give the inside story.

Leo Benedictus, The Guardian, 21st March 2012

An interview with Josie Long

Josie Long, one of the biggest female names in comedy, brings her fifth solo show to the North East next week. Before hitting the stage in Swansea, Long spoke to Elliott Clarke, talking politics, performance, and profanities.

Elliott Clarke, Giggle Beats, 26th January 2012

An interview with Gary Delaney

One-liner comedian Gary Delaney tends to write for the likes of 8 Out of 10 Cats, Jason Manford's Comedy Rocks and Russell Howard's Good News, but last Thursday he appeared on Dave's One Night Stand alongside Ardal O'Hanlon and Josie Long. "It was nice to be the guy in front of the camera, rather than the guy behind it writing the jokes", he tells Radio Teesdale's Peter Dixon.

Peter Dixon, Giggle Beats, 23rd November 2011

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