London Hughes
- 35 years old
- English
- Writer, stand-up comedian and actor
Press clippings Page 5
London Hughes, To Catch a D*ck, review
This comedian's rise to super stardom is no joke.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 11th January 2020London Hughes: 'Nerdy white men are my kryptonite'
She beat bullies and bigots to become British comedy's fastest rising star - and now London Hughes is on her way to Hollywood.
Helen Brown, The Telegraph, 4th January 2020The top ten comedy gigs of 2019
As is tradition, here's my look back at the ten most memorable comedy gigs of the last 12 months. There are bound to be omissions - the 300 or so shows I see each year are but a scratch on the volume of work the UK's industrious comedy scene produce - and the emphasis is on the 'memorable' not necessarily the funniest or the most game-changing, even if these qualities are so often interlinked.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th December 2019Best of 2019: comedy
It was a year in which we welcomed some big, big names back on stage, including Ben Elton, Clive Anderson and Jack Dee.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 28th December 2019Top 10 comedy shows of 2019
A double dose of Stewart Lee, Hannah Gadsby's follow-up to Nanette and London Hughes' uproarious blue humour tickled the comedy circuit this year
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th December 2019London Hughes review
Comedic powerhouse finds laughs in dating travails.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 10th December 2019Interview: London Hughes and Sophie Duker
Since wowing the Edinburgh judges this year, Duker has appeared on Mock the Week and Hughes has landed an NBC sitcom pilot. It's a breakthrough moment that's long overdue.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 8th December 2019London Hughes gets US pilot with Larry Wilmore
NBC has handed a put pilot commitment to a single-camera comedy starring British writer-comedian and TV presenter London Hughes. The project hails from Hughes; Insecure co-creator Larry Wilmore; and Universal Television, where Wilmore is under an overall deal.
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13th November 2019US sitcom pilot for London Hughes
The project is still largely under wraps but Hughes, who also appears in ITV2 panel show Don't Hate The Playaz on Wednesdays at 10pm, ITV2, has told the Guardian that she will be working in Los Angeles with Larry Wilmore on a sitcom based on her own life.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd September 2019London Hughes interview
'There are no black female household names in the UK, bar Naomi Campbell'.
Ellen E Jones, The Guardian, 21st September 2019