Press clippings Page 8
What's the best music to walk on to? Fringe comedians have their say
RGM asked a host of comedians of Edinburgh Fringe past and present, which music they use to walk on to and for heaven's sake why? ....This is what they had to say.
Fran Jolley, Reyt Good Magazine, 25th July 2022Ten trans and non-binary comedians at this year's Fringe
Humanising the often fiery discussion around gender issues - or maybe not mentioning it at all - here are ten transgender and non-binary comics performing at this year's Edinburgh Fringe...
Chortle, 21st July 2022Edinburgh 2022: Jordan Gray guest blog
Jordan discusses making the move from music to stand-up comedy.
Jordan Gray, Broadway World, 21st July 2022Edinburgh 2022: Jordan Gray Q&A
BWW catches up with Jordan Gray to chat about bringing Is It A Bird to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 13th July 2022Jordan Gray interview
It's a little bit about me, a little bit about dogs and a little bit about superheroes.
On The Mic, 11th July 2022Aisling Bea joins Latitude line-up
Aisling Bea has been added to the Latitude festival line-up, alongside Rachel Parris, Marcus Brigstocke and Sophie Duker.
Chortle, 28th April 2022Jordan Gray interview
She sings naked, had an epiphany chopping wood in Sweden, came out dressed as a cat, is making a sitcom with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and is helping Matt Lucas to be funny. Meet comedy powerhouse Jordan Gray.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 8th March 2022Jordan Gray: I know Jimmy Carr was trying to be funny
I'm a working stand-up of nearly five years, and I see comics trialling darker material than Jimmy's on a nightly basis. Sorry to twist the knife, but His Dark Material is truly nothing special.
Jordan Gray, The Independent, 8th February 2022Copstick: Comedy's doomed because we have to be woke
"I fear a deepening quicksand of prescription in which the art and craft of comedy is arguably sinking."
Chortle, 11th July 2021Taboo review
The critic may have a horse in this race. Not only to protect the transgressive force of comedy which she holds so dear, but she, too, has been threatened with 'cancellation' after she was accused of being a 'rape apologist' a few years ago for unsympathetic comments about date-rape of an apocryphal teenager who 'dolls herself up, covers herself in make-up, goes out [and] gets shit-faced'. But she and her contributors throw up many interesting questions about the nature of comedy, the flirtations with offence that can give comedy its bite, the need for taboos for that line to exist, the unfair burden of representation on the shoulders of some comedians, and so much more,.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th July 2021