Press clippings Page 19
The 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 2014Greenwich Comedy Festival, National Maritime Museum
The Greenwich Comedy Festival opened with an amusingly offensive set from Stewart Lee and Josie Long delivered a poetically pithy excerpt from her recent show about heartbreak.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 25th September 2014Radio Times review
As the title promises, these sessions from Edinburgh's Stand Comedy Club are the opposite of ordinary television comedy: rough around the edges, whimsical, occasionally controversial. This instalment is especially refreshing because it boasts an all-female line-up. Familiar faces Bridget Christie and Josie Long are joined by Maeve Higgins who has novel ideas about exercise, Helen Keen on modern relationships and self-professed "geek songstress" Helen Arney performing a surreal ode to the sun. Christie fans should tune in purely for her energetic tirade about Stirling Moss.
Claire Webbb, Radio Times, 19th August 2014Edinburgh Fringe 2014 interview: Eleanor Morton
Eleanor is young and Scottish and very funny with a guitar in her hand. She's been touted by Josie Long and you can expect similar sweet musings on anxiety, awkwardness and frustrations with modern pop culture.
Laugh Out London, 12th August 2014