Following a hugely successful sold out run of her brand-new show, ‘Re-Enchantment’, at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, award-winning comedian Josie Long is set to embark on her biggest UK tour to date from 12th January to 28th September 2023. The 39 date run includes some of UK’s most iconic venues, such as Leeds’ City Varieties Music Hall, The Lowry in Salford and London’s EartH Hackney and will land at Contact, Manchester, on Friday 3 March 2023.
Inspired by this thought, Josie is back to – alternately – yell at you and melt your heart, with her trademark blend of humanity, compassion, and probably some brief political rants. ‘Re-Enchantment’ follows Josie’s critically-acclaimed 2019 show, ‘Tender’, a parenting-in-a-climate-emergency epic which documented her voyage into motherhood (as the first person ever to have a baby, according to her research) and the mind-bending process of nurturing a new life. Now Josie returns, after doing what any comedian in her position would do: have another baby.
Even more delirious with tiredness and chock-full of confused emotion about the ever-changing, terrible yet beautiful world around her, Josie is set to travel the UK with her sweet-sharp observations, political rants, and one of the most dependable joke rates to be found anywhere.
Josie is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, podcaster, and film-maker. She is a trailblazer of the UK comedy industry, as the first woman to be nominated three times for Edinburgh Comedy Award (2010 – 2012). Her nine critically-acclaimed tours showcase her unique and powerfully original voice and have been performed globally to sell-out audiences. Her various podcasts and original radio shows have garnered her a world-wide fan base of dedicated listeners and multiple awards, with her latest BBC Radio 4 special released this year called ‘What Next?’ – a typically fierce, yet funny manifesto for the world her daughter will inherit – which was adapted from ‘Tender’ following a successful national tour.
Josie is an avid film-maker, having written and performed in two short films and most recently a full-length feature called ‘Super November.’ She’s been on all the TV channels, and has two comedy specials currently streaming. ‘Cara Josephine’ is available on Amazon Prime, and ‘Something Better’ is available on Netflix. Her first collection of short fiction is due for publication soon.
Josie Long’s Re-Enchantment comes to Contact on Friday 3 March 2023. Tickets are available fromwww.contactmcr.com and start from just £15, recommended ages 14+
