Jay Richardson
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- 14
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Two Doors Down Live : Reviews 2026 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide (opens the original)
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Jay Richardson reviews the latest Scottish sitcom to move from screen to stage Notwithstanding the death of co-creator Simon Carlyle in 2023, and a period of uncertainty about the sitcom’s future, it’s long felt a question of when, not if, Two Doors Down joins the conveyor belt of BBC Scotland comedies adapted for the stage in recent times. Following the likes of Still Game and Gary: Tank Commander into the 12,000-seater OVO Hydro, these adaptations have a self-conscious air of pantomime about t
Review: Stamptown Netflix special : Reviews 2026 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide (opens the original)
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Jay Richardson on the cult favourite's mainstream outing How do you retain the chaotic spirit and upstart cultishness of a show like Stamptown when it lands on the world's biggest streaming platform? That's the challenge facing Zach Zucker and his collaborators in bringing the celebrated night of clown, cabaret and burlesque to Netflix, taking anarchy mainstream as the production crowns its ten-year anniversary with this statement recording. Zucker, as his sweatily desperate alter-ego Jack Tucke
Review: Stamptown Netflix special : Features 2026 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide (opens the original)
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Jay Richardson on the cult favourite's mainstream outing How do you retain the chaotic spirit and upstart cultishness of a show like Stamptown when it lands on the world's biggest streaming platform? That's the challenge facing Zach Zucker and his collaborators in bringing the celebrated night of clown, cabaret and burlesque to Netflix, taking anarchy mainstream as the production crowns its ten-year anniversary with this statement recording. Zucker, as his sweatily desperate alter-ego Jack Tucke
Review: Stamptown Netflix special : Features 2026 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide (opens the original)
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Jay Richardson on the cult favourite's mainstream outing How do you retain the chaotic spirit and upstart cultishness of a show like Stamptown when it lands on the world's biggest streaming platform? That's the challenge facing Zach Zucker and his collaborators in bringing the celebrated night of clown, cabaret and burlesque to Netflix, taking anarchy mainstream as the production crowns its ten-year anniversary with this statement recording. Zucker, as his sweatily desperate alter-ego Jack Tucke
Sophia Wren: The Best Girl in the World : Reviews 2026 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide (opens the original)
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Surpassing the potential suggested by her excellent debut last year, Sophia Wren dives deep in this bravura, barnstorming hour of stand-up from a singular talent who makes the difficult look easy. Emerging on stage from a sheet, a child's doll hanging limply and forebodingly from the mic, the Irish comic has an ethereal, princess-like quality reminiscent of Stevie Nicks at her most mystic. And she appeals to any slighted 'witchy woo, astrology girls' in the crowd to enact revenge on their miscre
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