Jordan Brookes
- 39 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Online comedy festival explores mental health
On 23rd March 2021, the anniversary of the first lockdown, Angel Comedy and Objectively Funny will launch The Best Medicine Festival: A week of events exploring comedy and mental health sponsored by UKTV's award-winning entertainment channel Dave. This momentous programme of events, exploring the relationship between comedy and mental health, will include online workshops, panels and performances.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th March 2021Jordan Brookes on the future of online comedy
Showing admirable resilience and innovation no doubt born of several years flyering on Potterow, many comics managed to move things online in 2020. But it's not been plain sailing as 2019 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes tells us.
Emma O'Brien, The Skinny, 13th January 2021Mixed bill, 21Soho review
Opening of new club is cause for celebration, with performances from Aurie Styla, Olga Koch, Jordan Brookes and Fern Brady.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 31st August 2020Edinburgh Unlocked review
A carnival of comedy from the festival that never was.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd August 2020August without Edinburgh fringe
Covid-19 has cancelled the annual jamboree, leaving performers - and our comedy critic - bereft. What does the festival mean to them and how will it change?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th August 2020Edinburgh Unlocked audiobook to be released
Edinburgh Unlocked, an audiobook featuring Edinburgh Fringe performers, is to be released this August to help raise money for the festival.
British Comedy Guide, 13th July 2020Jordan Brookes / Micky Overman, review
Two shows at a new online comedy festival made the most of lockdown's difficulties.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 22nd June 2020Top comics experiment with lockdown festival
From a daft James Bond spoof to reliving a disastrous audition over Zoom, the Upload comedy extravaganza had some delectable moments.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 22nd June 2020Review: 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 2020