Jo Brand
Work in Progress 2015
Friday 23rd October
The Court Theatre, Tring
Tickets £15 - SOLD OUT
Long established as one of the UK’s best comics Jo Brand returns to her stand up roots this winter trying out brand new material. In her break from stand-up Jo has written and starred in the BBC’s series Getting On, for which she won a BAFTA, set on a hospital’s geriatric ward and partly inspired by her earlier career in nursing. She put her cooking to the test on ‘The Great Comic Relief Bake Off’. Jo was such a success on this show that she was named as the host of the hugely popular ‘The Great British Bake Off – An Extra Slice’. She’s also sat on the judging panel for ITV’s ‘Splash’. She recently presented the ‘Have I Got Election News For You’ show on BBC1 the day after the General Election.
Jo’s other television credits also includes Jo Brand’s Hot Potatoes (BBC1) and the award-winning Through the Cakehole (Channel 4) and she continues to appear on shows including ‘QI’, ‘Countdown’, ‘Would I Lie To You’, ’8 Out of 10 Cats’, and ‘The Matt Lucas Awards.’
Jo is multi-talented to say the least from taking the part of The Sergeant of Police in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance at London’s Gielgud Theatre, facing the formidable Alan Sugar for Comic Relief Does the Apprentice and learning to play the organ for a sell out audience at The Royal Albert Hall for the BBC’s Play It Again. Jo has also written several highly acclaimed best-selling books Can’t Stand Up For Sitting Down, Look Back In Hunger and the novels Sorting Out Billy, The More You Ignore Me and It’s Different For Girls.
This event is sold out.
ANDY ROBINSON
Jo Brand's support act is Andy Robinson.
'Hailing from the hotbed of comedy that is Oldbury in the West Midlands, Andy has been a star at the Glee for the last 6 years. A bit of a smuthound and the occasional flash of genius with his guitar has made him a must see comedian in Birmingham. He has recently been making waves as the driving force behind BRMB subversive afternoon show the 'Barmy Brummies'.' (Glee)
Starting as a musician - with a Nineties band named The Carpetsweepers - Andy Robinson moved into comedy when, like others before him, the patter between the songs become more entertaining than the music.
At the Glastonbury Festival in 1993, Andy won a competition for aspiring young comedians, then started his own fortnightly club in Dudley to learn his trade before moving into the circuit proper.
He has supported Jo Brand on four UK tours.
'... the very funny and relaxed Andy Robinson... draws his audience into his world and then surprises them with his amusing tales' (Funhouse Comedy).