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Lolly Adefope

Lolly Adefope

  • 34 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer, executive producer and stand-up comedian

Press clippings

BAFTA TV Awards 2025 nominations

Alma's Not Normal, Brassic, G'wed and Ludwig are amongst the nominees in the 2025 BAFTA TV Awards.

British Comedy Guide, 27th March 2025

Tim Harding's comedy diary

I have a soft spot for the kind of productions that appear at this time of year: often loose, slightly boozy festive offerings that only make sense in an end-of-term context.

Tim Harding, Chortle, 20th December 2024

Comfort and joy! Merry gentlemen Sheeps deliver the ultimate Christmas album

With A Very Sheeps Christmas, featuring songs such as "Hoo Hoo Daddy X", the comic trio and guests including Rose Matafeo pastiche all manner of festive tunes.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 10th December 2024

50 questions with Lolly Adefope

The south London-born actor and comedian discusses her guilty pleasures, comedy icons and the best advice she's ever received.

Haaniyah Angus, AnOther, 22nd October 2024

Seize Them! review

While there's a whole battalion of comic talent doing their best with the poor material they've been given, they have precious little to work with. (2.8 stars)

Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 11th April 2024

Seize Them! review

It doesn't reach the heights of Horrible Histories - let alone Monty Python And The Holy Grail - but Seize Them! turns the Dark Ages into the daft ages, delivering a mostly entertaining, female-centred comedy enlivened by winning performances.

Ian Freer, Empire, 8th April 2024

Seize Them! review

A comic romp through medieval Britain.

Wendy Ide, The Observer, 7th April 2024

Seize Them! review

Spoilt queen Aimee Lou Wood faces off against Nicola Coughlan's humble upstart in a goofy adventure played for laughs.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 3rd April 2024

Lolly Adefope on the absurdity of fame, the trouble with Netflix - and saying goodbye to Ghosts

From the early days at the Edinburgh Fringe to recognition as a gifted character actor with comedy chops, Lolly Adefope has always cherished the camaraderie of the cast.

Eva Wiseman, The Observer, 31st March 2024

Comics star in new podcast set behind-the-scenes at a sports radio station

Lolly Adefope, Fergus Craig, Jessica Fostekew and Helen Cripps are to star in a new comedy podcast written by Rhys James. Dial F For Football is set behind the scenes at a popular commercial sports radio station, Totalsport FM when it is trying to modernise its output with more diverse talent - to the chagrin of traditional listeners.

Chortle, 20th March 2024

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