Gail Porter
- Presenter and actor
Press clippings
Fringe: Gail Porter pulls plug on show after being 'priced out' of accommodation
TV star says she is "incredibly gutted" at having to pull plug.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 9th April 2024Fern Brady & fellow comedians dominate The List magazine's Hot 100
Comedians dominate Scottish culture magazine The List's Hot 100 creative movers and shakers, with Fern Brady in the number 2 position, Marjolein Robertson at 3 and Kieran Hodgson at 9.
British Comedy Guide, 30th November 2023Gail Porter on comedy: 'Has anyone here been sectioned?'
"Has anyone here been sectioned?" TV presenter Gail Porter jokily asks her audience. Famed for her vibrancy as well as mental health struggles, she has turned to comedy to take control of her own story.
Beth Rose, BBC, 4th September 2023Our pick of the best things to see at the Edinburgh Fringe
Lorraine Wilson offers her selection of the very Best of Scotland performing at one of the planet's biggest cultural events, the Edinburgh Festival.
Lorraine Wilson, The National (Scotland), 31st July 2023Edinburgh Festival: Gail Porter set for no holds barred show
Any day now Gail Porter will get the train at King's Cross to travel up to Edinburgh to spend August at the Fringe. And the very first thing she is going to do when she gets off the train at Waverley, she tells me, is to find someone to cuddle.
Teddy Jamieson, The Herald, 27th July 2023Gail Porter on mental health: 'I think I've pretty much told everyone everything by now'
From TV darling to homelessness, bankruptcy and well-documented battles with alopecia and mental health, there's not much that life hasn't flung at Gail Porter. As she prepares for her Fringe stand-up debut, we find the likeable and no-bullshit Edinburgher just wants others to know they're not alone.
Claire Sawers, The List, 20th July 2023Gail Porter on her stand-up debut: 'I'm going to go from childhood to being sectioned'
In the 1990s, Gail Porter was a household name - then her luck ran out. Ahead of her first live comedy shows, she reveals what happened .
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 11th July 2023Edinburgh 2023: pick of the programme - debuts
Comedians making their debut hour at this year's festival.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 14th June 2023A flavour of the Fringe: 10 shows to whet your appetite
Barry Didcock, The Herald, 8th June 2023Assembly Festival Announces Two New Venues and 80 New Shows for Edinburgh 2023
Assembly Festival has today announced a further 80 shows for its Fringe 2023 programme.
Theatre Weekly, 3rd May 2023