Bridget Christie's Latest News: Archive

Latest News - 13th September 2011

Bridget’s Edinburgh show, “Housewife Surrealist” will be back! Firstly at the Brighton Festival on October 13th (info here). There will hopefully be further dates coming up. More info when confirmed. Also, Bridget is currently filming Harry Hill’s “Little Crackers” for Sky, in which she plays an air hostess. The broadcast date is TBC, and in the meantime she...

Sep 13th

Watch

Bridget appears in Isy Sutties’ new online video for the BBC, “At The Bus Stop”. Reviews for “Housewife Surrealist” are now starting to come in, and have been pretty positive. Read a few here as they are added. Housewife Surrealist continues to run until Monday 29th August at the Stand 2 in Edinburgh. Bridget is also taking part in the “Comic Fringes”...

Aug 19th

Bridget in "Pick Of The Fringe" lists...

Bridget’s show, Housewife Surrealist is listed as one of the comedy picks of the festival in:- The Sunday TimesFestThe List

Aug 5th

Bridget Christie: Housewife Surrealist.

Bridget Christie: Housewife Surrealist. Top 6 shows to see in Edinburgh. “True, beautiful, insanity…” The Sunday Times. Last year’s show A Ant ranked in top 10 best-reviewed shows in Edinburgh according to a survey by The List. Top 10. Independent. New Interview in Edinburgh Spotlight here Bridget will also be doing a one-off performance of a very exciting play called ...

Jul 28th

More Extra Edinburgh Appearances...

Bridget has confirmed more guest appearances during the Edinburgh Festival, details as follows… 12th August. Arthur Smith’s Pissed Up Chat Show. The Pleasance Dome, 9.40pm. 16th August. Marcel Lucont’s Chat Show. The Underbelly (Belly Laugh), 9.20pm. I will also be appearing as an antiques expert in a film clip in brilliant weirdos The Behemoth’s show. Pleasance...

Jul 17th

EXTRA EDINBURGH DATES

As well as Bridget’s solo show, Housewife Surrealist, she will be performing at the following extra gigs. 11th August: Andy Zaltzman’s Political Animal, The Stand 14th August: Tom Allen’s Afternoon Tea, Gilded Balloon. 3.15pm And Bridget has been commissioned to write and perform a short story for BBC Radio 4’s Afternoon Readings slot as part of their Comic Fringes...

Jun 24th

NEWS - 20th June 2011

Bridget is due to appear as a guest on Radio 4’s Broadcasting House again on Sunday 26th June - 9am. You can, of course, click here to listen again on the Broadcasting House website.

May 17th

NEWS - APRIL 14th 2011

Edinburgh show, “Housewife Surrealist” announced… Bridget will be performing at The Stand at 4.40pm between the 5th & 29th August (not 15th) at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival. Details of this, and other gigs, can be found here. And Listen out for Bridget reviewing the papers on the BBC Broadcasting House programme. BBC R4 June 26th. 9am.

Apr 14th

NEWS! March 3rd 2011

Bridget has just filmed a taster tape with Graham Linehan and Adam Buxton called Outside the Box which was obviously extremely exciting. We’ll see what happens with that. Also starring Colin Hoult, Laura Solon and Emmy the Great. She’s just recorded an episode of Sarah Millican’s Support Group for Radio 4 where she played a woman who doesn’t know how to look after...

Mar 3rd

Nov 17th

13th November

New live dates added & details of upcoming TV & Radio projects listed here. Bridget has also been photographed for a new exhibition of comedians portraits hopefully to be shown next year for the photographer Robert Heckingbottom. Here’s his website www.robertheckingbottom.com

Nov 13th

RADIO NEWS:

Bridget will be making an appearance on The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 again this week (Friday 5th November). Listen online (and again for a week after) at the BBC’s website here.

Nov 2nd

Oct 29th

Oct 15th

CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: LONDON

Bridget is confirmed for 3 dates with the London run of “Celebrity Autobiograpy” at the Leicester Square Theatre, London. Bridget will be appearing on the 7th, 8th & 9th October 2010 Buy Tickets HERE About the Show Direct from three sold out years in New York, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe a rolling cast of leading comedians feature in this hit show, where superstar memoirs...

Oct 3rd

Press & Radio Stuff

All of Bridget’s press for 2010s “A Ant” Edinburgh show is now online, click here to view it. She is also confirmed as a guest on Radio 4’s The News Quiz on 21st October 2010. Click here for more information & to listen online / again after the broadcast.

Sep 18th

Bridget On The Culture Show →

Bridgets’ apperance on The Culture Show is now available on the BBC website, click the link above to view.

Sep 4th

BRIDGET ON THE CULTURE SHOW

Bridget will be appearing on BBC’s The Culture Show tonight (26th August). For all broadcast times and to view on iplayer for a week after, visit the culture show website; here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t6c5

Aug 26th

a very special experience and I highly recommend it. First 5 Star Review of “A Ant” from Edinburgh Guide.com. Click the text / link above for the full review.

Aug 8th

Broadcasting House Appearance Moved...

Bridget’s appearance on Broadcasting House, originally scheduled for 1st August has been moved to 8th August… Listen at this link, where the show will remain for a week after broadcast on Listen Again

Aug 4th

Bridget makes number 2 in stand-up Top 20! →

Here are our recommended stand-up shows at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We have done a whole load of research, caught lots of previews and scouted about to bring you our highlights, listed below in no order of preference. For the most part, these aren’t the biggest names on the Fringe, but they are some of the most interesting and exciting.

Jul 28th

Harry Hill's Little Internet Show

Harry Hill’s Little Internet Show is to be launched in October at the same time as TV Burp. Starring Harry Hill, Kevin Eldon and Bridget. Videos to follow on broadcast.

Jul 28th

Pilot Filming!

Bridget is to film a TV pilot for BBC with Greg Davies called Big Man Small Hammer. Greg is the host and Bridget is his sidekick. It’s a game/quiz/panel show. Guests include Stephen K Amos, Phil Nichol, Russell Kane and Andrew Maxwell. For the pilot she will be dressed as Guy Fawkes.

Jul 27th

Celebrity Autobiography

Bridget will be appearing in “Celebrity Autobiography” from the 5th-14th August at the Underbelly Cow Barn during the Edinburgh Fringe. Here’s the blurb… “Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography will make its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, featuring New York regular Michael Urie (Ugly Betty) plus George Wendt (Norm from Cheers) together with a ...

Jul 27th

Broadcasting House - 1st August

Bridget is confirmed as a guest on Radio 4’s “Broadcasting House” for Sunday August 1st. Listen to me trying to be funny about the news at this link, where the show will remain for a week after broadcast on Listen Again

Jul 15th

Extra Edinburgh things...

As well as her solo show (info here) Bridget will also be taking part in the following events, during the Edinburgh Fringe 2010… The Garden Super-gang of idiotic comics make up some stuff about things, featuring Josie Long, Humphrey Kerr, Bridget Christie, Sara Pascoe and David Reed. Five Pound Fringe. Belushi’s, Market Street, August 13th at 2.40pm. Another date to be added. TBA Susan...

Jul 15th

Green Giant

Bridget will soon be seen as a housewife who lives next door to the Jolly Green Giant in a Channel 5 ident that will shown just before Neighbours.

Jul 15th

Andy Zaltzman's History of The Third Millennium...

Andy Zaltzman is very clever and brilliant and kindly gave Bridget a nice part in this. Also stars Lucy Montgomery, Kim Wall and Rory Bremner. Tune in at 6.30pm, Radio 4, on 11th, 17th, 24th and 31st December.

Dec 2nd

My Daily Mail Hell Reviews (Edinburgh 2009)

“The empty pointlessness of fame has never been so charmingly displayed” Sunday Times “Utterly entertaining” Times “Christie is an engaging raconteur, and the show is impressively packaged” Chortle “An endearing mix of simmering cynicism and wide-eyed innocence” Daily Express “Fantastic” Virginia Ironside “Hilarious”...

Aug 2nd

Fringe 2009: The Top 100

My Daily Mail Hell is listed in The Scotsman’s list of The Top 100 Shows at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe, The Stage Top 10 Shows, and was Comedy Pick in The Times Playlist.

Aug 1st

Bridget Christie: My Daily Mail Hell

6.30pm, August 5th - 31st, 2009 (no shows 12th & 17th)Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh Fringe In 2003 Bridget began doing open spots on the comedy circuit and working on the diary column of the Daily Mail. Whilst there, Bridget was strangled by Gene Wilder, fed a fish by Peter Stringfellow, mistaken for someone else by Mel Brooks, hated by David Dimbleby, ignored by Cherie Blair and...

Jul 30th

The School For Scandal

4pm, August 5th to 31st, 2009Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe Bridget is appearing as Lionel Blair’s wife Lady Teazle in Richard Brinsley-Sheridan’s comedy of manners, The School For Scandal, along with Phil Nichol, Stephen K Amos, Marcus Brigstocke, Paul Foot, Huw Thomas, Ella Kenyon and Clare Thompson. Directed by Cal McCrystal. For more details, and how to buy tickets,...

Jul 2nd