Jay Richardson
- Journalist
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Scott Agnew's Scottish Square Sausage Show - Sunday Social review
From Tony Hancock's reverence for Fred's Pie Stall and The Goodies' Ecky Thump, through The League Of Gentlemen's 'special stuff' and Tom Stade's meat van routine, all the way up to the Beef And Dairy Podcast, the mass slaughter and processing of animals for human consumption has inspired some memorable comedy. But a whole show devoted to the Scottish indelicacy of the square, or Lorne, sausage, the casing-free slab of pocked, spongy pink served as part of a fry-up or in a morning roll? Credit to Scott Agnew, who survived a heart attack and three cardiac arrests over lockdown, for embracing his nemesis in this high-concept, hyperlocal, over-reaching nonsense.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 25th March 2024Glasgow Comedy Festival review: Susie McCabe
The Merchant Of Menace is Susie McCabe's most nakedly personal show to date, writes Jay Richardson, and her best by some distance.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 18th March 2024Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show review
Seemingly doomed to present the creakiest, most ill-advised, feline-related show since 2019's megaflop cinematic adaptation of Cats featuring Taylor Swift, Judi Dench et al, Phil Ellis has truly embraced the concept of successive false starts.
Jay Richardson, Entertainment Now, 14th March 2024Glasgow Comedy Festival review: Joe Wells: King Of The Autistics
For this year's Glasgow Comedy Festival, Joe Wells presents a mischievous, intelligent show about identity and representation.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 14th March 2024Janey Godley looks back on her comedy career: 'I was outspoken and cheeky but I always delivered the goods'
Janey Godley has lived a life full of laughter and trauma. As a frank documentary featuring her ups and downs is released, we talk to the beloved comedian about starting out in stand-up and leaving behind a legacy.
Jay Richardson, The List, 11th March 2024Janey review
Most stand-up documentaries are either cosy retrospectives, shot when their subject has long since passed their peak and moved on to legendary status. Or fresh but nakedly commercial tie-ins for the release of a special. But while Janey Godley's stand-up shows have always, to an extent, reworked her autobiographical anecdotes over decades, John Archer's new film, following her on tour last year, elides any gap between past and present.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 10th March 2024Bill Bailey: Thoughtifier review
Science and the arts intermingle in this latest broad musical foray into, well, almost everything.
Jay Richardson, The List, 6th March 2024The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin TV review
Noel Fielding's dandy highwayman is upstaged by a veritable who's who of British comedy talent.
Jay Richardson, The List, 1st March 2024Billy Connolly's Big Banana Feet review
Rarely seen and recently restored, this compelling fly-on-the-wall film following Billy Connolly on tour in Dublin and Belfast in 1975 is a fascinating snapshot of the Big Yin in the afterglow of his career-defining appearance on Michael Parkinson's chat show.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 1st March 2024Rob Brydon: A Night of Songs & Laughter - review
This cosy night of music and chuckles is a little self-indulgent but full of fun, with Brydon proving a consummate old-school entertainer.
Jay Richardson, The Telegraph, 19th February 2024