Jordan Brookes
- 38 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Review: Jordan Brookes - Bleed, Soho Theatre on demand
Jordan Brookes won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2019 for I've Got Nothing, a show that was substantially improvised. But this show, Bleed, from 2018, is the show that should have won him the award.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th May 2020Jordan Brookes: Bleed at Soho Theatre online, review
Jordan Brookes: Bleed is not only an enjoyable production but one that demonstrates how theatre can thrive virtually. It is an exciting experience for all those willing to be part of Brookes's comic experiment.
Emma-Jane Betts, The Upcoming, 7th May 2020Jordan Brookes & Desiree Burch shows released online
Two new shows by Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show 2019 winner Jordan Brookes (Bleed, 2018) and 2015 Funny Women award winner Desiree Burch (Desiree's Coming Early, 2019) come to Soho Theatre On Demand on Wednesday 6 May at 7pm for three weeks only.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th May 2020How death enlivened British TV comedy
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon have gone all existential in The Trip to Greece. But they're far from the only British comics riffing on the brevity of our existence
Alex Hess, The Guardian, 4th March 2020Jordan Brookes: interview
Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes talks about breaking through in comedy and struggling with his mental health.
Murray Robertson, The List, 28th February 2020Streaming with laughter: 50 best stand-up comedy shows
From Bill Hicks to Hannah Gadsby, Dave Chappelle to Josie Long - here are 50 specials you can watch right now.
Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Ellen E Jones, Brian Logan and Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 22nd February 2020The most memorable comedy gigs of the 2010s
Here Chortle editor Steve Bennett recalls the shows that had the biggest personal impact since 2010.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 31st December 2019The top ten comedy gigs of 2019
As is tradition, here's my look back at the ten most memorable comedy gigs of the last 12 months. There are bound to be omissions - the 300 or so shows I see each year are but a scratch on the volume of work the UK's industrious comedy scene produce - and the emphasis is on the 'memorable' not necessarily the funniest or the most game-changing, even if these qualities are so often interlinked.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th December 2019Best of 2019: comedy
It was a year in which we welcomed some big, big names back on stage, including Ben Elton, Clive Anderson and Jack Dee.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 28th December 2019Top 10 comedy shows of 2019
A double dose of Stewart Lee, Hannah Gadsby's follow-up to Nanette and London Hughes' uproarious blue humour tickled the comedy circuit this year
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th December 2019