Michelle Wolf
- American
- Stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Comedians on their stand-up heroes
We've done a lot of things in lockdown - followed the news obsessively, become amateur crafters, howled with despair - but laughing hasn't been one of them. Thank goodness, then, for the BBC's Festival Of Funny, celebrating all things comedy. To mark the occasion, we asked some of our favourite comedians to tell us which stand-up they love the most.
Nancy Durrant, Evening Standard, 7th March 2021Comedians accuse Big Fat Quiz Of The Year of sexism
Comedians have denounced Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz Of The Year as sexist. Acts have taken to social media to point out that the Boxing Day episode of the panel show features no female comedians.
British Comedy Guide, 18th December 2020Comedians' all-time favourite stand-up routines
Top comics pick the routines that make them howl with laughter, from Eddie Murphy on Rocky to Eddie Izzard on penknives and Michelle Wolf on women's worst enemies.
Ben Williams, The Guardian, 6th April 2020Streaming 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 2020How comedy is speaking up about abortion
It remains a contentious and emotive issue - but, despite opposition, comedians are determined to break taboos and speak their minds, writes Alice Jones.
Alice Jones, BBC, 22nd August 2019Fringe: 25 of the all-time funniest jokes
These are some of the best jokes and one-liners we've heard at the Edinburgh Fringe over the past few years.
Sarah Wilson, The Scotsman, 9th July 2019Michelle Wolf interview
'My new period joke is for men - and they love it'.
Alexis Soloski, The Guardian, 11th June 2019Katherine Ryan to headline Latitude Festival
Katherine Ryan has been named as one of the headline comedy acts at this year's Latitude Festival. The stand-up superstar will appear at the festival on Saturday. Major comedy names already announced include Michelle Wolf, Frank Skinner and Jason Manford.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th May 2019Is stand-up comedy doomed?
Whether it's censorship, problematic tweets or #MeToo, comics are being scrutinised like never before. Is there a 'new sense of panic' in the industry?
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 19th January 2019The 30 best living comedians
In the run-up to the Edinburgh Festival our comedy critic Dominic Maxwell ranks the funniest comics working now.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 21st July 2018