Janey Godley

Janey Godley

] , later the Calton Bar [News of the World, 12 March 2006] ) in the tough Calton area of Glasgow where she staged the first performances by comedian and magician Jerry Sadowitz. [Daily Record, 13 February 2004] [Time Out, 30 June-7 July 2004]

Later, she became a full-time stand-up herself, running comedy clubs including "Jesters" in Glasgow, and regularly compered at clubs in Glasgow, Manchester, and Liverpool. She played regular dates in the Netherlands and played in New York City. [] as well as contributions to the BBC TV documentary "Scunnered" [] ... and an extended two-hour version of the show at London's Cochrane Theatre. Her book "Handstands in the Dark" was voted a 'Best Read of 2005' by listeners of BBC Radio 4's "Open Book" series. [] and "Good Godley!" was nominated for Best International Show.

In August, her autobiography was released in a paperback edition becoming a "Sunday Times" Top Ten bestseller and she performed in 83 shows in 24 days [ Glasgow Evening Times Diary, 15 September, 2006] at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival including, each day, her three separate hour-long shows: her play "The Point of Yes", her new stand-up show "Janey Godley's Blog - Live! "(premiered at London's Soho Theatre in June) and "Square Street", a comedy sketch show co-written and co-performed with her daughter Ashley Storrie. [] and began writing a weekly column for the Monday edition of "The Scotsman" newspaper. In May she performed her play "The Point of Yes" in The Green Room at 45 Bleecker Street, Manhattan] with the money going to two charities: the Justice For Gordon Gentle campaign and the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD UK). In October 2007, she auctioned off another painting in aid of The Samaritans []

Works

Books

*Godley, Janey (hardback, 2005). "Handstands in the Dark". Ebury Press/Random House. ISBN-10: 0091900298 / ISBN-13: 978-0091900298
*Godley, Janey (paperback, 2006). "Handstands in the Dark". Ebury Press/Random House. ISBN-10: 0091908779 / ISBN-13: 978-0091908775

tage: full-length shows

*"Full Measure of Scotch" (2002)
*"Caught in the Act of Being Myself" (2003)
*"The Point of Yes" (2003)
*"Good Godley!" (2004)
*"Janey Godley Is Innocent" (2005)
*"Janey Godley and Ashley Storrie's Square Street" (2006)
*"Janey Godley's Blog - Live!" (2006)
*"Janey Godley - Unscripted!" (2006)
*"Janey Godley - Live!" (2007)
*"Janey Godley - Tell It Like It Is!" (2007)
*"Janey Godley's Chat Show" (2007)
*"Janey Godley - Live & Unleashed!" (2008)
*"Domestic Godley" (2008) [cite web |url=http://www.janeygodley.co.uk/biography|title=Godley website]

Newspaper interviews

* [http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3548/features/11022/she_works_hard_for_the_money_.html New Zealand Listener. 10-16 May 2008]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/08/10/bagodley10.xml Daily Telegraph, 10th August 2006]
* [http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1020072006 The Scotsman, 15th July 2006]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2098-2248394.html Sunday Times, 2nd July 2006]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2099-2034191,00.html Sunday Times, 19th February 2006]
* [http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=655122005 The Scotsman, 15th June 2005]
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1504549,00.html Observer, 12th June 2005]
*Sunday Herald, Glasgow, 25th July 2004
*Evening Times, Glasgow, 1st March 2004

References

External links

* [http://www.janeygodley.co.uk Janey Godley's official website] , including newspaper cuttings, TV and radio interviews
* [http://www.janeygodley.co.uk/blog Janey Godley's written blogs]
* [http://www.janeygodley.co.uk/videos Janey Godley's video blogs]
* [http://living.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1587 Scotsman newspaper columns]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/saturdaylive/2007/02/janey_godley_1.html Biography on BBC website]
* [http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/j/508/janey_godley Janey Godley on Chortle]


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