Margaret Cho
- Stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Loud and queer: comics and out celebs on the culture that helped them find their true selves
Rosie Jones, Stephen K Amos and more on what influenced them.
Michael Cragg, Amelia Abraham and Michael Segalov, The Guardian, 27th July 2024How our fav female comedians are fighting misogyny
Some of our favourite Funny Women alumni - Margaret Cho, Micky Overman, Lucie Pohl, Fiona Allen, Lily Phillips and Maisie Adam - talk top tips, TikTok and tackling the patriarchy
Carl Smith, Heat Magazine, 14th September 2021Streaming with laughter: 50 best stand-up comedy shows
From Bill Hicks to Hannah Gadsby, Dave Chappelle to Josie Long - here are 50 specials you can watch right now.
Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Ellen E Jones, Brian Logan and Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 22nd February 2020Best of 2017: comedy
The shows that have stayed with me.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 28th December 2017Stand-ups on Weinstein, taboos - & the gags they regret
Is it ever OK for comedians to joke about sexual assault? Is there such a thing as 'too soon'? Margaret Cho, Doug Stanhope, David Cross and other fearless comics on the fine line between funny and offensive.
Ben Williams, The Guardian, 3rd November 2017Krankies actress in 'Yellowface' racism row
68-year-old Janette Krankie plays a male Japanese fashion designer called Huki Muki in the forthcoming Ab Fab movie, set for release next summer, which has caused a number of fans to call the casting choice 'racist'. Influential Korean American actress Margaret Cho ... accused the film of 'yellowface', which she describes as "when white people portray Asian people. And unfortunately it's happening in this film."
Sebastian Shakespeare, Daily Mail, 16th December 2015This week's new live comedy
Previews of Margaret Cho, Jen Brister and Sara Pascoe's Christmas Assembly.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 11th December 2015Five of the best comedy gigs for Christmas 2015
Sara Pascoe, Margaret Cho, Brian Cox and Kevin Bridges are among those promising better laughs than you'll get from your Christmas crackers.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th December 2015My comedy hero: Bruce Devlin
The Scottish comic discusses some of his favourite influences and idols, including Margaret Cho, Jane Mackay, Joan Rivers and Kitty Flanagan.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 7th November 2013This week's new live comedy
The Galway Comedy Festival, Margaret Cho and David O'Doherty.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 27th October 2012