Jay Richardson
- Journalist
Press clippings Page 36
Fern Brady interview
"When you walk on stage at a strip club, everyone thinks 'this is how it should be, this makes sense'. Whereas if you're a woman and walk on stage in a comedy club, lots of people can't contain their disappointment."
Jay Richardson, Glasgow Live, 3rd March 2017Alfie Brown: The stand-up who drives an Uber
Alfie Brown always wanted to be a "road comic", playing the UK's best, toughest comedy clubs. And after 11 years performing, after critical acclaim and occasional disdain for his aggressively intelligent, playfully provocative Edinburgh Fringe shows, he's achieved that.
Jay Richardson, i Newspaper, 17th February 2017Still Game Live 2: Bon Voyage review
Tellingly, you leave satisfied if this is to be Still Game's final live voyage, but keen to return if there are further productions still to come.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 6th February 2017Scot Squad set to become a live show
Scot Squad set to follow hit shows like Still Game and Burnistoun by taking to the stage.
Jay Richardson, Glasgow Live, 1st February 2017Spencer Jones shoots Sky pilot
Spencer Jones has made a pilot for Sky 1. The prop comic has written and stars in The Jonah Man, alongside Flowers star Sophia Di Martino.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 24th January 2017BBC Three series for Humza Arshad
YouTube star Humza Arshad has landed his own BBC Three series, playing a right-wing TV host.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 16th January 2017Comedy review: Griff Rhys Jones
There's rather too much dwelling on a colonoscopy and personal fitness trainer in a very stand-up like section, at least compared to the relaxed raconteurship that proceeded it.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 29th November 2016Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2016 final
Despite delivering one of the stronger line-ups in its ten-year history, the Scottish Comedian of the Year final couldn't be said to be a triumph for diversity, with the contest almost exclusively awkward young, white men lamenting their troubles with women and terrible employment prospects.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 26th November 2016Comedy review: Catherine Tate
Without television's snappy cutting, the show as a whole lacks strong punchlines to close sketches and the cast endure long, twirling dances to distract from this as they get off stage.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 12th November 2016Comedy review: Gary, Tank Commander
Greg McHugh's central performance remains dumbly charismatic, but Mission Quite Possible feels like a 30 minute sitcom episode's worth of laughs stretched too thin over almost two hours.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 24th October 2016