Jamie MacDonald
- Scottish
- Actor, writer, producer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 5
Punchline Comedy Gala review
A high-end comedy night with a well-balanced line-up.
Tamarin Fountain, The Wee Review, 16th October 2017Jamie MacDonald is blind
Blind comedian Jamie MacDonald writes for British Comedy Guide about working the comedy circuit with his disability. He's definitely not milking it.
British Comedy Guide, 12th August 2017The Fringe hit list: comedy, music and theatre
Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, the Fringe denies no-one entry.
Nadine McBay, The National (Scotland), 6th August 2017Jamie MacDonald: 10 things about blind people
Jamie MacDonald - otherwise known as That Funny Blind Guy - shares 10 assumptions that sighted people make about blind people (or are totally blind-sided about).
British Comedy Guide, 7th August 2015Jamie MacDonald interview
Glasgow's own Jamie MacDonald - aka That Funny Blind Guy - is perhaps best known for his outrageous "un-PC", anecdotes. He chats to Martin Walker about what the title of his new Edinburgh show, Oblivious actually means.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 8th July 2015A 2015 Edinburgh Fringe interview with Jamie MacDonald
Jamie MacDonald is a Scottish comedian, commonly know as 'That Funny Blind Guy', who is set to storm the Edinburgh Festival with his third solo show 'Oblivious' this year. We caught up with Jamie to find out how he is preparing for a month of madness at the Fringe.
Punchline UK, 11th June 2015Review: Bank Holiday Special
Reviews of Michael Redmond, Iain Stirling, Jamie MacDonald, Loretta Maine and Dave Johns.
Stephen Watt, The Mumble, 26th May 2015Did you hear the one about the blind comedian?
Blind comedian Jamie MacDonald tells BBC Ouch how he makes jokes about losing his sight and the sticky situations he finds himself in.
Emma Tracey, BBC Ouch!, 21st August 2014On the Fringe: Jamie MacDonald
Jamie MacDonald is at home in the Capital these days. The stand-up, currently appearing at Assembly at George Square, approaches blindness the same way as he does life; with optimism, irony and filthy humour. Here, Scotland's hottest visually impaired stand-up comedian gives us an inkling of his world.
Jamie MacDonald, Edinburgh Evening News, 14th August 2014The Jamie MacDonald three minute interview
Jamie MacDonald is a gigging stand-up comedian, writer and voice over artist who happens to be blind. Jamie started losing his sight at the age of 16 when he was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a progressive degenerative retinal disease which will eventually leave him totally blind. Martin Walker asks about the sequel to last year's Fringe hit, That Funny Blind Guy.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 24th April 2014