Find Live comedy

Add a listing

Live Comedy in London |
Manchester | Scotland

Sundance premiere for Mo Gilligan film | Comic stars as an animated cat in 10 Lives

Sundance premiere for Mo Gilligan film

Comic stars as an animated cat in 10 Lives

An animated film starring  Mo Gilligan is to get its US premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next month.

In 10 Lives, the comic plays Beckett, a pampered cat who takes life for granted until he loses his ninth life – turning from  self-absorbed pet to a self-sacrificing hero. 

It is the first starring role for Gilligan, who appears alongside  Bill Nighy, Simone Ashley, Zayn Malik, Sophie Okonedo, Dylan Lllewellyn and Jeremy Swift.

Director Christopher Jenkins started his career in animation on Who Framed Roger Rabbit and more recently directed Duck Duck Goose.

10 Lives, will be screened as a family matinee during the  prestigious film festival, which runs in Utah from January 18 to 28.

Gilligan also recently announced his latest stand-up tour, In The Moment which runs from September next year.

Thanks for reading. If you find Chortle’s coverage of the comedy scene useful or interesting, please consider supporting us with a monthly or one-off ko-fi donation.
Any money you contribute will directly fund more reviews, interviews and features – the sort of in-depth coverage that is increasingly difficult to fund from ever-squeezed advertising income, but which we think the UK’s vibrant comedy scene deserves.

Published: 7 Dec 2023

Live comedy picks

We see you are using AdBlocker software. Chortle relies on advertisers to fund this website so it’s free for you, so we would ask that you disable it for this site. Our ads are non-intrusive and relevant. Help keep Chortle viable.