Jay Richardson
- Journalist
Press clippings Page 54
Comedy review: Joe Rooney, Glasgow
Nearly 18 years on, Joe Rooney remains best known in the UK for playing the young tearaway priest Father Damo in Father Ted. So there's enjoyable irony in hearing the Irish comic muttering darkly about his own kids, though their middle-class snobbery rather than any delinquency.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 3rd March 2014Interview: Bridget Christie on success and feminism
2013 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner takes A Bic for Her on a UK tour. She talks about her show.
Jay Richardson, The List, 24th February 2014Joke Thieves preview
Permitted plagiarism provides a rich seam of comedy as stand-ups with very different acts channel rivals' material.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 17th February 2014Comedy review: Boothby Graffoe, Glasgow
Currently mourning the loss of a prop, The Wheel of Almost Certain Misfortune, which was stolen earlier this week following a show at the Stand's sister venue in Edinburgh, Boothby Graffoe didn't let his bad luck throw him.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 17th February 2014Chris O'Dowd: From Bridesmaids to Broadway
With a new series of his sitcom Moone Boy starting Monday night, a rom-com in cinemas and a stint on the New York stage with James Franco coming up, Chris O'Dowd is in demand on both sides of the Atlantic.
Jay Richardson, The Independent, 16th February 2014Raymond Mearns interview
Raymond Mearns' radio show begins with impeccable comic timing - bang in the middle of a mid-life crisis.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 16th February 2014Joke Thieves: Show that encourages stealing material
The show lets comedians 'duplicate, spoof, parody, deconstruct or destroy' other comics' sets.
Jay Richardson, The List, 29th January 2014Reece Shearsmith interview
As his new collaboration with Steve Pemberton - Inside No. 9 - comes to our screens, Reece Shearsmith talks about his inspirations, so-called 'dark comedy' and a possible League Of Gentlemen reunion...
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 29th January 2014Frank Skinner on stand-up comedy and getting older
Frank Skinner is about to tour as a stand-up for the first time since 2007. But don't expect Jack the Lad, he's now more man in a suit, hears Jay Richardson.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 22nd January 2014Milton Jones returns to Radio 4
Milton Jones is returning to Radio 4 - less than two years after the channel axed his last show - as a Good Samaritan-style problem solver.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 17th December 2013