Mo Gilligan
- British
- Actor, writer, producer, executive producer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 16
Every new comedy chatshow says that it's going to upend the suffocating established format in a way that will be really jolly anarchic, you know; this one should have a better crack at actually doing that than most. Grime MC, YouTube wag and Big Fat Quiz wildcard Big Narstie hosts a mix of celebrity interviews, live music, audience interaction and filmed skits, flanked by rising standup star Mo Gilligan. "All formalities [will] go out the window," the press blurb promises. Let's hope so. Hopefully it'll be proof talkshows can be more than sitting around promoting things.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 29th June 2018Interview with comedian Mo Gilligan
Eighteen months ago, Mo Gilligan was a shop assistant posting comedy routines shot in his bedroom on social media. Now he has a TV show and a tour that sold out in four minutes. Ben Machell finds out how he's done it.
Ben Machell, The Times, 16th June 2018Mo Gilligan interview
'How my life has changed since becoming a comedian is crazy'.
Jessica Barrett, i Newspaper, 21st May 2018Mo Gilligan: From folding jeans to viral comedy videos
Mo Gilligan was working in a clothes store when he began uploading comedy videos on his social media accounts. They became so popular, he tells BBC News, customers began to recognise him.
Steven McIntosh, BBC, 27th April 2018Mo Gilligan to host Channel 4 pilot
Stand-up comedian Mo Gilligan is to host Mo's Town, a non-broadcast comedy and entertainment show pilot for Channel 4.
British Comedy Guide, 25th April 2018Comedy review: Mo Gilligan at Leicester Square Theatre
The 30-year-old social media star has bags of charisma and great promise.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 18th April 2018Mo Gilligan review
The south Londoner's hit character sketches transfer smoothly from social media to the comedy club in this crowd-pleasing show.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th April 2018Interview: rarely asked questions - Mo Gilligan
Mo Gilligan interview.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd March 2018Mo Gilligan interview
Mo Gilligan on how he went from selling jeans to being an online comedy sensation.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 22nd March 2018Is Facebook killing online comedy?
Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced major changes to the social network's algorithm. "You'll see less public content like posts from businesses, brands and media," he wrote in, predictably, a Facebook status. "The public content you see ... should encourage meaningful interactions between people."
Less than two weeks later, longstanding comedy video website Funny or Die made another round of redundancies, after laying off roughly 30% of its staff in 2016. The website's CEO, Mike Farah, vented his frustration, tweeting: "There is simply no money in making comedy online any more. Facebook has completely destroyed independent digital comedy."
Ben Williams, The Guardian, 8th March 2018