Brian Donaldson
- Journalist
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Finding Alice review
A decent drama with weirdly pitched comedy about a grieving partner left to tidy up several big messes.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 18th January 2021Review: The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown
A lame lockdown return of Dawn French's amiable parish priest.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 7th December 2020The Scotsman Sessions: Ashley Storrie and Janey Godley
Welcome to The Scotsman Sessions. With performing arts activity curtailed for the foreseeable future, we are commissioning a series of short video performances from artists all around the country and releasing them on scotsman.com, with introductions from our critics. Here, mother-daughter comedy duo Janey Godley and Ashley Storrie discuss the magic of live stand-up, explore some of the stranger side-effects of lockdown and confirm the precise location of the mysterious Crow Tavern.
Brian Donaldson, The Scotsman, 13th October 2020Mark Watson interview
The innovative comedian prepares for another 24-hour entertainment extravaganza.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 29th April 2020My comedy hero: Jessica Fostekew
The stand-up, actor, writer and host of the Hoovering podcast has something of a struggle in naming less than 35 comedy heroes.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 17th April 2020Jay Foreman interview
We catch up with the musical comedian as he heads to Glasgow Comedy Festival with his series of disgusting songs for kids.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 17th March 2020Review - David Baddiel: Trolls - Not The Dolls
Entertaining and ultimately hopeful dissection of the pleasures and pitfalls of social media.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 16th March 2020Andrew Maxwell interview
The acclaimed and near-veteran Irish comic takes Reality on tour.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 27th February 2020Alex Edelman: interview
In his latest hour, the acclaimed American comedian delves into online hate close to home.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 26th February 2020My comedy hero: Robin Morgan on Mike Birbiglia
As the Welsh stand-up goes on tour with a show about how men can, and should, do better, he picks the acclaimed American comedy storyteller as his somewhat serendipitous icon.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 24th February 2020