Jerry Sadowitz
- Stand-up comedian and magician
Press clippings Page 10
The 80s comedy club where heckling became an art form
What's left of the old Mitre Arms sits on a grim, grey stretch of the A102, within gobbing distance of the Blackwall Tunnel. It looks like the sort of pub where you'd get bottled if you looked at someone in a funny way. So it's hard to believe that in the late 80s this place helped launch the careers of a generation of alternative comedians including Harry Enfield, Vic Reeves, Jenny Eclair, Jerry Sadowitz, Jeremy Hardy and Jo Brand.
Londonist, 23rd September 2014Jerry Sadowitz review
Jerry Sadowitz finds it hard getting bookings due to his reputation as one of Britain's most offensive comedians.
Gerard Leachman, Nottingham Post, 18th March 2014Star names unveiled for the first Fife Comedy Festival
The festival runs from April 1-13, and delivers a mix of comedy and musical theatre with the likes of Omid Djalili, Fred MacAulay and Jerry Sadowitz.
Dawn Renton, Fife Today, 6th March 2014The good, bad and ugly faces of political comedy
I often bang on about how comedians make good ambassadors, last week the case both for and against this assertion was vividly made. The most recent case for the defence: Jerry Sadowitz.
Julian Hall, The Stage, 14th January 2014Jerry Sadowitz: my fight for my friend
Comic Jerry Sadowitz denounced Jimmy Savile years before he was exposed. Now, writes Brian Logan, he's asking why the death of his friend Mark Blanco has never been properly investigated.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th January 2014Jerry Sadowitz review
The biggest shock of all was that this was Jerry Sadowitz in not-as-bitter-as-usual shock.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 19th December 2013Canadian comic Bobby Mair readies himself for Fringe
When you learn that Bobby Mair has been a support act for Jerry Sadowitz and Doug Stanhope, you get a fair sense of the dark terrain which this young Canadian's material might cross.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 8th July 2013When interviewees bite back
Jerry Sadowitz is at the extreme end of comedians when it comes to dealing with the press, but he is not the only comedian who has difficulties with the way he is covered.
Bruce Dessau, 27th January 2013This week's new live comedy
Reviews of Sheeps, Nine Lessons And Carols For Godless People and Jerry Sadowitz.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 15th December 2012Jerry Sadowitz - review
I laughed lots during the first 20 minutes of this show. There was no time to interrogate - far less to justify - why.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 12th December 2012