Mary Bourke
- Irish
- Stand-up comedian
Press clippings
'Mary Bourke: Who Cares?' coming to Radio 4 next year
Mary Bourke has landed her first Radio 4 series, about her experience of being a carer for her husband, the comedian Simon Clayton. In Mary Bourke: Who Cares?, the Irish stand-up also talks to fellow comics Josephine Lacey, Pope Lonergan and Michael Akadiri about their experience of the underfunded care system.
British Comedy Guide, 29th November 2024Alistair Barrie to tour 5-star Woke In Progress
Woke In Progress, Alistair Barrie's 2023 Edinburgh Fringe show, is to tour this autumn.
British Comedy Guide, 29th September 2023Cancelling our comedy show proves our point
This decision is precisely why we created it in the first place, writes Andrew Doyle of Comedy Unleashed.
Andrew Doyle, Unherd, 16th August 2023Graham Linehan free speech show cancelled by Leith Arches
Host venue Leith Arches has cancelled an entire free speech comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after BCG revealed that Graham Linehan would be part of the line-up.
British Comedy Guide, 15th August 2023Graham Linehan to make Fringe debut
Comedy writer Graham Linehan will make his Edinburgh Fringe debut this Thursday as part of a stand-up showcase in Leith.
British Comedy Guide, 14th August 2023Free speech comedy clubs and the battle over onstage offence
Graham Linehan and Dapper Laughs walk into a club ... It sounds like the setup to a bad joke, yet platforming comics who may cause offence is a winning formula. But can a night run by a GB News host claim to be anti-establishment?
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 20th May 2023Edinburgh Fringe runs for Stewart Lee, Bridget Christie, Paul Sinha, Robin Ince
Stewart Lee, Paul Sinha and Bridget Christie are among the acts who have announced Edinburgh Fringe dates at The Stand this August.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th March 2023Radio 4 orders free speech comedy show Unsafe Space, despite protests
Radio 4 has commissioned Unsafe Space, a "provocative" comedy and debate show championing free speech and broader class representation, despite protesters allegedly threatening to shut it down by blowing airhorns during the recording.
British Comedy Guide, 8th December 2022Kate Copstick: "This is a frightened Fringe. And that is unacceptable."
The Scotsman comedy critic on the Jerry Sadowitz controversy and why the Fringe shouldn't be aligning itself with corporate values.
Kate Copstick, The Scotsman, 19th August 2022Comedy night in aid of cancer research
MC John Mann hosts a night of comedy in aid of Cancer Research brought to you by the City of London Friends of CRUK (www.crukcity.org.uk). The bill boasts Arthur Smith, Mary Bourke, Markus Birdman, Charmian Hughes, Troy Hawke, Phil Nichol, Steve Hall and Dan Antopolski.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th May 2022