Jo Caulfield
Nominated for best compere in the 2004 Chortle Awards and best female stand-up in the same awards in 2002.
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Jo Caulfield: Cruel To Be Kind
Jo Caulfield stands on stage at the top of the show, grasping a clipboard like an officious teacher on a school trip. It’s not the Caulfield we’re used to, more likely to be spotted in a dark, sweaty comedy club with half pint in one hand and the mic in the other, issuing forth with her acerbic punchlines.
But here at the Fringe she has the luxury of a sizeable audience (on a Tuesday night no less - impressive) all to herself for a whole hour. As it turns out the clipboard serves to replace the traditional stand-up’s opening of ‘give me a cheer if you’re from (insert country of choice)’ plus we get the amusing image of Caulfield doing a bit of admin as she coolly surveys her crowd.
More of the clipboard later, but the meat of the show is typical Caulfield fare, full of the assured gags of a consummate performer. For those not in the know, her stage persona is that of the cynical, slightly bitchy mate always ready to arch an eyebrow if you’re boring her and scold with her barbed wit.
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It’s a persona epitomised in her story of how the tall Caulfield feels protective of her ‘little lady friends’ all a good few inches shorter than her and particularly feminine whereas she finds herself stood with a man at the bar having a ‘bloke conversation’.
It’s easy to see why she’s such a stalwart of the circuit as Caulfield’s is classic comedy of recognition, there are gasps of laughter around the room at her statement that everyone of a certain age has an annoying mate that you’ve been friends with so long that it’s got far too late to drop them. Elsewhere there’s also an uncannily accurate depiction of the office party.
Then after the straight observational gags, the icing on the sponge is a nice ‘realistic’ working of a fairytale and the culmination of her survey, researching ow the Brits lose their virginity – creating a humour out of the mild embarrassment and gentle ribbing of the front row.
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Jo Caulfield Dates
Fri 28 Jun 2013
- Manchester Comedy Store
- 20:00
- £18 (£9 concs)
- Jason Cook, Jo Caulfield, Markus Birdman, Steve Shanyaski, Terry Alderton
Sat 29 Jun 2013
- Manchester Comedy Store
- 19:00
- £20 (£10 concs)
- Jason Cook, Jo Caulfield, Markus Birdman, Steve Shanyaski, Terry Alderton
Wed 10 Jul 2013
- Jo Caulfield: Better The Devil You Know
- The Bedford
- 19:30
- £10 to £16
Thu 18 Jul 2013
Book Now- Ealing Comedy Festival
- 19:45
- £18.50
- Ed Byrne, Jo Caulfield, Omid Djalili, Bob Mills (MC)
Fri 19 Jul 2013
- Cambridge Corn Exchange
- 20:30
- £15 and £20
- Dylan Moran, Glenn Wool, Jo Caulfield, Rich Wilson
Mon 12 Aug 2013
- Barnardo's Big Comedy Benefit 2013
- Assembly Rooms Fringe
- 20:30~22:30
- £20
Fri 1 Nov 2013
- Jo Caulfield: Better The Devil You Know
- Newbury Arlington Arts
- 20:00
- Call for prices
Sat 30 Nov 2013
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Past Shows
Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up Jo Caulfield: Cruel To Be Kind Itch: A Scratch Event [2011] Bairns’ Night
Coalition
Jo Caulfield: Thinking Bad Thoughts Barnardo's Big Comedy Benefit 2013 A Seriously Funny Attempt To Get The SFO in The Dock
Funny Women gala 2005
Funny Women Gala 2006 Jo Caulfield: Better The Devil You Know
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Elaine - 10/08/2008
Except that Victoria Wood is still very much around (hurrah!) Jo Caulfield is a worthy successor to her. Have just seen her live in Edinburgh and she was brilliant, a mistress of her craft, likeable and supremely talented. I know humour is a subjective thing, and normally I wouldn't dream of disagreeing with anyone on the subject, but Mr Bardon is wrong wrong wrong!! However he wrote his comment more than two years ago: he might have changed his mind by now.
DB - 31/01/2008
Just goes to show that women are still yet to be the equal sex, as she is FAR funnier then half the male comedians on tele, she has good material, is likeable and still some of her best laughs come from the banter she has with the audience. Mindblowing, and worth every penny.
Michael Monkhouse - 28/12/2007
Forget her so-so Radio 4 persona and catch her live. Sharp, witty, deliciously nasty... Definitely one to watch!
Adam Montgomery - 04/09/2007
Brilliant and bitchy. This is pure observational comedy at its best
Scott - 08/08/2006
Ignore anything on Radio 4, live she really is a hoot. Great material, strong delivery. No idea why the radio stuff is junk, she definitely works live
STB - 19/02/2006
I love her - it's that simple
Ronnie Bardon - 31/01/2006
Jo Caulfield is not that brilliant. I love Radio 4, and I listen to it everyday on the way to university and back. Every Tuesday evening she is on and she does not even muster up a smile from me. She could throw in a laughable gag or come up with something original. Sadly as yet this is not to be.
Flo - 07/12/2005
Jo's funny as fuck
NC - 02/11/2005
Very funny... very sharp and quick witted.