Dom Joly
- 57 years old
- English
- Writer and comedian
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Dom Joly to release a comic travel audiobook
Dom Joly is to release comic travel audiobook about his trips around England, entitled Such Miserable Weather.
Chortle, 8th June 2021Honk if you're laughing: drive-in gigs
While they wait for clubs to reopen, stand-ups are returning to the stage in car parks, with audiences tuning in on the radio.
Chris Wiegand, The Guardian, 8th July 2020The Drive-In Club, review
Daniel Sloss (***) quickly up to speed but Dom Joly (**) has 'the first car crash at a drive in'.
Veronica Lee, i Newspaper, 6th July 2020Review: UK's first drive-in comedy shows
It was a weary and frustrated Dom Joly (**) who left the stage after performing the first drive-in comedy show in the UK. Sadly it had been, as he said earlier, "the first car crash at a drive-in". At the later show, Daniel Sloss (***), with strong support from Kai Humphries, fared much better.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 4th July 2020Review: Dom Joly @ Gala Theatre, Durham
Trekking across Lebanon over the course of a month is storytelling gold, especially when it includes a visit to the Hezbollah theme park and gift shop. But on stage, the glimpses we get into the mind behind one of Channel 4's most iconic comedy shows are, while exceptional, too fleeting.
Laura Doyle, Narc Magazine, 2nd March 2020Dom Joly and Pauline McLynn join pilgrimage to Istanbul
Hot on the heels of the first two critically acclaimed series that saw well known personalities embark on a journey of discovery, to Santiago and Rome, Pilgrimage returns to BBC Two this spring, with confirmed atheists Joly and McLynn among the stars.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th February 2020Dom Joly: how we made Trigger Happy TV
"The big mobile has been seen as a satirical take on phone culture, but it was just a good way of interrupting things that irritated me - like classical concerts and poncy restaurants".
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 24th February 2020Dom Joly review
Part-Michael Palin-esque travelogue, but with funny bits, part Dave Gorman-powerpoint, but without any hint of geekiness; Joly's show has the intelligence of David Baddiel and the quick-wit of a stand-up.
Andy Richardson, The Shropshire Star, 19th February 2020My first home: Dom Joly
There were 120 credit cards under the floorboards of the comedian's Notting Hill pad, but it oozed cool.
Oliver Stallwood, Metro, 13th January 2020Leicester Comedy Festival launches 2020 programme
Headline acts for 2020 include Jo Brand, Stewart Lee, Milton Jones, Shappi Khorsandi, Fascinating Aida, Paul Sinha, Josie Long, Jason Byrne, Tony Slattery, Angela Barnes, Griff Rhys Jones, Andy Parsons, John Shuttleworth, Dane Baptiste, Rhod Gilbert, Mark Steel, Flo & Joan, Arthur Smith and Reg D Hunter.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th October 2019