Press clippings Page 19
Josie Long, Soho Theatre - comedy review
Josie Long has found a rich new seam of material -- herself. In her new show, Cara Josephine, she weaves this heart-warming tale of failed romance with quick-witted passion.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 21st January 2015What changes when you see a show more than once?
I gave Josie Long's Cara Josephine four stars when I reviewed the show in Edinburgh and four stars in the Evening Standard and I'm not for a moment saying that it doesn't deserve all of the raves it is getting, but the interesting thing is that I have seen the full show twice now and bits of it five times - at Latitude, in Edinburgh, at the Greenwich Comedy Festival and supporting Aziz Ansari - and there were moments which I viewed differently this time round, as follows.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st January 2015Review - Josie Long, Cara Josephine
Break-up shows are hardly a scarce resource in the comedy world, it being heavily populated by folk in their 20s and 30s. But you'd be hard pushed to find a better break-up show than Cara Josephine, Josie Long's latest one.
Paul Fleckney, London Is Funny, 21st January 2015The evolution of Josie Long
The eternally optimistic stand-up's new show is totally different from her previous offerings. We talk to the award-winning comic about her ever-evolving stand-up.
Ben Williams, Time Out, 19th January 2015The human labrador puppy that is Alan Davies hosts spontaneous roundtable discussions in this Dave-commissioned chat show. Circumventing the kind of smug backslapping to which the format is often prone, it's a blend of arch spontaneity and languid patter that works thanks largely to the excellent curation of guests, mostly drawn from the broadsheet/Channel 4 school of cerebral comedy - Richard Herring, Josie Long and Bill Bailey amongst them.
The Guardian, 17th January 2015Josie Long interview
After three stand-up shows about politics, your latest one - Cara Josephine - is about your family and doomed relationships. Why the change?
Tim Lewis, The Guardian, 11th January 2015Brian Logan's top 10 comedy of 2014
Featuring Liam Williams, Daniel Kitson, Bridget Christie, James Acaster, Sara Pascoe, Kim Noble, Sheeps, Funz and Gamez, Aamer Rahman and Josie Long.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 22nd December 2014Seven questions with... Josie Long
The name Josie Long is one that every comedy lover will know, and is a name that brings a smile to the faces of many, including myself.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 20th December 2014Josie Long interview
This week, the gloriously lovely stand-up Josie Long took part in Everything Everything's Chaos to Order event at Manchester Central Library. She also later performed at the XS Malarkey comedy club at Pub/Zoo. In between she very kindly (and arguably ill-advisedly) let me conduct this shambolic interview with her.
Molly Stewart, Giggle Beats, 14th November 2014Josie Long attacks education secretary Nicky Morgan
The comedian and activist Josie Long has criticised the Government's "immense, ingrained snobbery" after Nicky Morgan, the Education Secretary, warned teenagers that studying arts subjects could hold them back in the job market.
Nick Clark, The Independent, 13th November 2014