Jay Richardson
- Journalist
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When standups follow in the family funny business
What happens when a comic inspires their child to take up the mic? We talk to Edinburgh fringe performers Katie Mulgrew, Milo and Mike McCabe and Camilla Cleese, daughter of John, about what it's like to share the stage.
Jay Richardson, The Guardian, 9th August 2014Katherine Ryan: role model?
She loves a funny dance, does a strong line in crude jokes and has received death threats from angry TV viewers. The Canadian-born comic tells Fest about finding her voice.
Jay Richardson, The List, 5th August 2014Interview: Italian comedian Francesco de Carlo
'I aim to lose my tan, improve my English and inflate my belly with your beer'
Jay Richardson, The List, 31st July 2014Cold Swedish Winter preview
Adam Riches is to star in his first sitcom, as a failing stand-up who moves to Sweden.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 29th July 2014Andrew Maxwell takes on Scottish independence
'Nationalism is folly, it always ends in violence... Borders and flags are just false nonsense'
Jay Richardson, The List, 28th July 2014Abigoliah Schamaun: Come along for the scary ride (Link expired)
Abigoliah Schamaun swaps dirty jokes with Jay Richardson.
Jay Richardson, WOW247, 28th July 2014Sara Pascoe comes into her own at the Edinburgh Fringe
Something is troubling Sara Pascoe. An increasingly familiar face on television after guest-starring in acclaimed satires The Thick Of It and Twenty Twelve and stand-up showcases at Live At the Apollo and Stand Up For The Week, she now finds herself on the panel carousel of programmes like QI and Mock The Week. The niggle is that she benefited from positive discrimination on the latter two. Ever since the BBC's "one female comic per panel show" directive went public, women have risked looking like token bookings.
Jay Richardson, The Herald, 26th July 2014Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 interview: Ivo Graham
The Old Etonian tackles his public schooling and having 'a genuine relationship with issues'
Jay Richardson, The List, 25th July 2014Wizards of Oz
"Traditionally, we're not looked at as innovators at all," says Australian Sam Simmons. But with a rich history of Antipodeans migrating to the Fringe, it seems an increasingly difficult viewpoint to sustain.
Jay Richardson, Fest Mag, 25th July 2014From the harp
Otherworldly comedy singer-songwriter Ursula Burns may seem like she's fallen from the sky. But her art is rooted more firmly in reality than you might think.
Jay Richardson, Fest Mag, 25th July 2014