Jay Richardson
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Spencer Jones review
Although the show is touched with surreal madness throughout, Jones ties it together neatly with a well-plotted musical finale. However, for all that you feel for him in his mid-life crisis, the introspection and gloomier moments aren't as punchy as his previous efforts dedicated to his relationship with his father, or even his less coherent and less linear shows have been. No faulting his ambition and daring though. Hopefully, he'll be able to reconcile the abstract and the storytelling more effectively in the future once again.
Jay Richardson, The Reviews Hub, 21st October 2024Schalk Bezuidenhout: Keeping Up review
A solid storyteller and likeable act to spend time with, who feels completely ensconced in the UK comedy scene after performing here for the better part of a decade, Bezuidenhout still lacks that risk-taking, original verve that could set him apart.
Jay Richardson, The Reviews Hub, 14th October 2024Emma Doran: Dilemma review
Dilemma is a cracking first foray to these shores for a fiercely accomplished and fully formed talent.
Jay Richardson, The Reviews Hub, 10th October 2024Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk To Drink review
Unfortunate celebrity encounters might appear to be sabotaging her own rise to fame, but the Bathgate comic revels in her own opinions with an admirable lack of filter.
Jay Richardson, The List, 4th October 2024Lloyd Griffith review
Baroque & Roll is patchier than Griffith's new weave.
Jay Richardson, The Reviews Hub, 1st October 2024Count Binface: Bindepedence Day review
With British political party season approaching, Count Binface has stolen an (imperial) march on his rivals by launching his manifesto early.
Jay Richardson, The Reviews Hub, 20th September 2024Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Peacock review
Delivered with poise, it wears its heart on its sequinned sleeve but retains a consistent and punchy gag rate.
Jay Richardson, The Reviews Hub, 10th September 2024Nish Kumar on tackling politics with comedy: 'The whole country runs on not upsetting the Daily Mail or The Sun'
Nish Kumar is taking his stand-up show, Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe, on tour around the UK. The former host of satirical television show The Mash Report, he now presents political podcast Pod Save The UK with journalist Coco Khan. Kumar talks to Jay Richardson about the current state of political comedy, feeling enraged by fellow comedians and refusing to bow to bullies.
Jay Richardson, The List, 9th September 2024Malcolm Hardee Awards 2024 results
Mark Dean Quinn, Thom Tuck and Garry Starr have been recognised in 2024's Malcolm Hardee Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2024Paul Sinha: I continued my Fringe show after two heart attacks
At the 2023 Fringe, the stand-up comic was taken seriously ill. Yet with huge financial losses looming, he had no choice but to carry on.
Jay Richardson, The Telegraph, 23rd August 2024