<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%> JANEY GODLEY - Scottish actress, comedienne, author, playwright & journalist

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She is a member of
BAFTA and Equity
and is in
Spotlight


"The Glasgow Comedy Queen" (The List)
"Compelling... ballsy... a breath of fresh air" (The Guardian)
"The most outspoken female stand-up in Britain" (Daily Telegraph)
"The greatest British improviser of her generation" (What's On Stage)
"Some of the sharpest-elbowed comedy in the world" (New York Times)
"Scotland's funniest woman... the Godmother of Scottish Comedy" (The Scotsman)

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This page was last updated on 1 September, 2010


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On 1st September, Janey was interviewed by BBC Radio 5 about the difference between male and female comedians. Extracts here.


In their eighth Fringe Podcast, Janey and her daughter Ashley discuss...
...homosexual politicians, how Tony Blair's drinking affected the Iraq War, a love letter to 20-year-old comic Bo Burnham, Ashley starring in porn films, live sex shows and Terry Pratchett. If you are using an iPhone or iPad, Flash is not supported, so listen on iTunes


The last Edinburgh Fringe edition of the magazine Three Weeks was guest edited by Janey. You can read it online or download it as a PDF.

Janey performed her new comedy show
The Godley Hour
at the Edinburgh Fringe, 4th-30th August.


- Daily Mirror, 7th August 2010
"Another brilliant show... Janey is a true revolutionary delivering raw, unpretentious comedy at its best"

- one4review, 8th August 2010
"Off the cuff thinking and witty banter... painting marvellous pictures and dissolving the very healthy crowd into roars of laughter throughout."

- Scotsgay, 10th August 2010
"has my face sore by the end... making us laugh so much we almost forgot to breath."

- Three Weeks, 26 August 2010
"A truly gifted and enrapturing storyteller, with an incredibly funny show"


Available now as a free app for mobile phones - the Janey Godley Nokia app. Download free from the Ovi Store, HERE

You can check Janey's blog. watch videos she's uploaded to YouTube and download the podcasts she's currently making with her daughter Ashley Storrie - all from one app. Best of all it's free!

Janey's latest monthly column for The 3rdi - the magazine for women in business - is on Youth Enterprise.


bookings e-mail:
bookings@janeygodley.com

Press & media requests to: publicity@janeygodley.com


In an article in the American magazine Punchline, Janey is second in a list of five "UK" comics whom readers are told they should "keep their eyes on" after the success in the US of Russell Brand, Ricky Gervais and Eddie Izzard.


ABOUT JANEY

Multi-award-winning Scottish comedienne, playwright, award-winning blogger, best-selling author and former Scotsman newspaper columnist Janey Godley has performed her comedy shows and one-woman play around the world, including off-Broadway in New York. She is a regular on BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute.

In 2006, Janey was nominated and was close runner-up for the annual Scotswoman of the Year title as 'the most inspirational woman in Scotland'; at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, she won the Spirit of The Festival Award.

A regular 5-star performer at the Edinburgh Fringe, in 2008 she won the Fringe Report Award as 'Best Performer' and two Nivea Funny Women Fringe Awards - as 'Best Stand-Up' and, overall, for 'Best Show' as "one of the most prolific and extraordinary stand-up comedians working in the UK".

In 2008, she also won Edinburgh's WAG of the Year Award as 'Best After Dinner Speaker', was nominated as 'Best International Guest' in the 2008 New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards and was voted No 3 by readers in London listing magazine Time Out's list of Top Ten Comedians.

In 2009, her new Edinburgh Fringe show Godley's World received three 5-star reviews... and the New Zealand Comedy Guild nominated Janey as 'Best International Guest'; they had also nominated her on each of her previous visits in 2002, 2006 and 2008.


ONLINE COLUMNS

Janey writes a monthly column for The 3rdi, the online magazine for women in business... and a weekly Sunday column for HubPages. You can access it via the widget on the right.


JANEY'S BLOG

Available to read via the widget in the right hand column, it is also posted on 172 other websites worldwide and usually receives a total of over 500,000 hits per week. In August 2009, the European media intelligence company Cision named the version of her blog posted on Blogger's Blogspot as the 4th "most read, most discussed and most influential" comedy blog in the UK.


"HANDSTANDS IN THE DARK"

Buy Janey's autobiography in UK shops or from online stores or direct from Janey via the Merchandise button in the left hand column. More about the book via the Autobiography button. Handstands in the Dark was a No 3 hardback bestseller and a UK Top Ten paperback bestseller.


JANEY ON SCREEN


Click to see
River City
Excerpts from Janey's 2009 appearance in
the long-running Scottish drama series.
(9 min 14 secs)