Trying is Good

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In 1999, Josie Long won the BBC New Comedy Award at the age of just 17 - making her too young for the champagne that came as part of the prize. Despite the boost the award would have given to her comedy career, she took time off performing to complete her English degree at Oxford university, returning in 2003.

Following the break, she was named best newcomer in the Chortle awards in 2005, and best breakthrough act the following year. In 2006, she also scooped best newcomer in the if.comeddie awards for her solo Edinburgh debut, Kindness and Exuberance

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I enjoyed her show SO much in Nottingham, I was part of something special. Lots of laugh-out-loud moments and lots of wonder and awe... genuinely something I'd love to see a couple more times because it was such a great show and warms your cockles.

cherise, March 2008

Saw her last night in Cardiff. She suffered from a terrible sound system but otherwise she was brilliant.

Chris, February 2008

Few comics garner such diverse reactions as Josie Long. From the age of 17, she’s been winning an average of one award a year. But tonight – and it isn’t the first time – there are precious few actual laughs. It’s impossible to dislike her as she babbles and prances and giggles: there’s a real warmth here that’s both irresistible and sadly lacking on today’s snidey cynical circuit. It’s just half the time you don’t know what she’s on about, and by the time you’ve worked it out you’re several billion steps behind her. Josie’s a deliciously passionate performer. Pity so much of her enthusiasm’s channelled into herself, and so little spills out into audience.

Michael Monkhouse, November 2007

Josie Long is a breath of fresh air. A unique and refreshingly warm performer who shows you don't need to be a self-deprecating cynic to be hilarious and entertaining. The comedy circuit needs lots more of this please!

Itsame, October 2007

Saw Josie last night as the warm-up act for Simon Amstell, she was terrible! So much of her material went down without a titter from the audience; I’m surprised that she managed to last for 20mins. She tried some of her new astronomy material on the audience, but should realise that when you have to explain a joke then it’s not funny. Unfortunately this is the second time I’ve seen Josie, the first being a year ago when a crowd, consisting mainly of polite accountants, just started talking loudly rather than heckling, she left the stage in tears that night and I’m rather impressed that she decided to carry on with her career in “comedy”.

Mark, October 2007

I saw Josie last night when she was trying out some new material. It was incredibly good, I haven't laughed so much in ages.

Matt, February 2007

Seven of us went to see her in Bristol last night; it was one of the longest evenings of our lives. She will have to conect more with her audiences or she will continue to die on her feet. I'm sure she wants to be known as more than a 'nice young woman'.

Jenny, January 2007

Eight of us went to see Josie last night and all of us thought she was a lovely, warm person who would be your best friend in the world in a time of crisis. She is very engaging and likeable, but none of us had a laugh-out-loud moment, though we spent most of the show nodding and smiling and willing her to raise the roof, but I couldn't say she was a complete success - lots of private conversations in the theatre and an incredible amount of people leaving or taking a toilet break, some only five minutes into the show. I'd rather have a drink and chat with her than see her perform - which is a sort of compliment.

Paul Donovan, October 2006

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