Richard Hawley (I)
- Actor and composer
Press clippings
Funny Cow review
Maxine Peake is wonderful as a female comedian.
Louis Barfe, The Daily Express, 29th April 2018Funny Cow review
If Adrian Shergold's film tells us anything about life in 1970s England, the overriding message is that being a female standup comedian was clearly no laughing matter.
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 23rd April 2018Review: Funny Cow
Maxine Peake captivates in a film that takes a serious look at being funny.
Emma Simmonds, The List, 16th April 2018Funny Cow review - Maxine Peake blazes
Peake is hypnotically belligerent as an ambitious club performer trampling over prejudice and sticky carpets on the 1970s comedy circuit.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 11th October 2017'Funny Cow': London review
Maxine Peake is defiantly good as a Northern comic working the sexist circuit of the 1970s and 80s.
Wendy Ide, Screen Daily, 10th October 2017Tilda Swinton and her real-life partner Sandro Kopp cameo tonight; he plays art teacher Dylan Shwarz while she's his mute assistant Elke. "All human interaction is social sculpture," Shwarz tells his band of schoolkids, who must make artworks based on tales the patients tell them. "Well, they're all doolally, deaf or asleep, so good luck to you," retorts Den - who's in for a surprise later. Last in the sublime series, and therefore the last time Richard Hawley croons that lovely song over the credits - at least for now.
Andrew Mueller, The Guardian, 19th November 2012