Josie Long: A WIP About Enormous Extinct Animals
Josie Long brings some fun new ideas for a new show about extinction and really big sloths to Monkey Barrel Comedy!
About Josie Long: A WIP About Enormous Extinct Animals
Josie Long starts working out some fun new ideas for a new show about extinction and really big sloths.
★★★★★ “She’s the consummate comedian. A wonderful talent.” Broadway Baby
★★★★★ “Stunning, riotously hilarious” The Skinny
★★★★ “Josie Long has long been a favourite…brilliantly evocative, an original and unflagging spirit.” The Times
★★★★ ”What a delight to have Josie Long back…the perfect cure for a spot of November SAD” The Telegraph
★★★★ “The motherlode of love, joy and laughs” Guardian
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