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Edinburgh fringe 2019: 10 essential shows
Jessie Cave's intimate standup, a beatbox Frankenstein and a twist on the star-crossed lovers are among the Edinburgh shows we've previously reviewed. Here's what we said...
Brian Logan, Miriam Gillinson, Mark Lawson, Mark Fisher, Judith Mackrell, Bridget Minamore and Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian, 24th June 2019Derry Girls, Hang Ups and Inside No. 9 up for South Bank Awards
Inside No. 9, Derry Girls and Hang Ups are the nominees in the Comedy category of The South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2019. The Favourite and Jessie Cave are also in the shortlists.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd June 2019Review: Jessie Cave
She'd earned an audience that had decided they were going to root for her no matter what - and when the show finished and she skittered out of sight, the crowd rose to a standing ovation anyway.
Yazmina Suleyman, Broadway Baby, 2nd March 2019Review 2018: Best Comedy Gigs 2018
It's not easy to pick out the best gigs from the ones I've seen this year. I've probably seen around 250 comedy shows in 2018.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st December 2018Top 10 comedy shows of 2018
We had volcanic eruptions from Nish Kumar, open-heart anguish from Jessie Cave and cold lasagne from James Acaster. But no one could beat the wild blazing brilliance of Flight of the Conchords
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th December 2018Book review: Sunrise, by Jessie Cave
Sunrise is a light read - being a transcript of an hour's stand-up, it takes less than that to get through - but it leaves a strong impression of Cave's struggles through life, love and motherhood. And anyone with their own anxieties will find an empathetic echo here.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th December 2018Review: Sunrise, by Jessie Cave
Jessie Cave's Sunrise had the advantage of feeling like a series of candid diary entries anyway, so reading them seem a perfectly natural way to get a peek inside her unfiltered thoughts.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th December 2018Jessie Cave: Sunrise interview
Funny Women editor Kate Stone caught up with Jessie to talk about her show, face pillows and oversharing...
Kate Stone, Funny Women, 7th December 2018London comedy shows: Best stand-up comedy of the year
It has been yet another stellar year of laughs and, oh boy, have we needed them.
Zoe Paskett, Evening Standard, 6th December 2018Jessie Cave, Soho Theatre review
Compelling confessional storytelling. A broken relationship examined with raw wit.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 20th November 2018