Janey Godley
- Location: Scotland
- Clip Details: Janey Godley NZTV comedy Gala
- Clip:
- Clip Page URL: http://youtu.be/29Sl_BgEZZc
- Gender: Female
- Gig Price in £ (30 mins): Band-2:500-1k
- Act Content: Primetime-TV-compatible
- Height Category: 5ft03-5ft06
- Build: Medium
- Playing Age: 36-45
- Appearance: Caucasian-Medium
- Nationality: Scottish
- Accents: BBC radio 4 Scottish acceptable, Glasgow
- Website: http://www.janeygodley.com
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/janeygodley
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/JaneyGodley
- For LIVE or CORPORATE phone: 07811 189356
- For ALL OTHER enquiries phone: 01584 819005 Chris Davis
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Details
“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)
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’ and was voted No 3 by readers in London listing magazine Time Out’s list of Top Ten Comedians.
