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Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath review – furious, frustrated yet cheerfully funny

From the trials of family life to irritating podcasters, this sometimes eyebrow-raising hour of personal comedy is consistently entertaining

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2025

Jessica Fostekew review – accelerated age triggers volcanic rage

New show Mettle finds the comic annoyed about flirting, litter, the climate crisis and more, following a milestone birthday

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024

The pet I’ll never forget: Jessica Fostekew on Conrad the cat, ‘who stares, repulsed, when I have sex’

We didn’t get off to a seamless start, but what relationship between a step-parent and child ever does?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023

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‘I did standup with my baby strapped to me’ – the comics motherhood can’t stop

Some lied. Some hid it. And a few even mined it for jokes. Becoming a mum used to be near-fatal to a comedian’s career. But now, in a Mother’s Day special, we meet the new wave taking on taboos

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023

Jessica Fostekew review – sexuality switch exposes rich vein of fast-paced mirth

Since her last show, about weightlifting, the 39-year-old has split from her son’s father and moved in with a woman. Which adds up to hilarity for the audience if not the comic

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

‘I canoodled in hedges and fumbled in recycling bins as a teenager – and I don’t regret a thing’

Growing up in the countryside in the 90s there wasn’t much else to do than get off with boys. And every crush and heartbreak was an education, writes Jessica Fostekew

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022

Kaleidoscope festival 2022: Tickets, line-up and all you need to know about the Alexandra Palace event

You survived the heatwave, now you can let your hair down at this Ally Pally shindig

Evening Standard · Jul 20, 2022

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My party outfit was so fancy I couldn’t even use the toilet. Some joker still told me I looked ‘comfy’

I like a compliment as much as the next woman. But why do they so often leave us smarting, asks the comedian, actor and writer Jessica Fostekew

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2022

Maureen from Lewisham doesn’t approve of queer parents like me. That’s my vote lost

A leaflet arrived in my letterbox from a candidate to be my local mayor. But in between the pledges on fly-tipping and tax cuts was a shocking statement against gay marriage, writes Jessica Fostekew

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2022

I’m trying to be a better listener – but there’s only so much six-year-old I can take

I caught myself drifting off as my boy was wanging on about dinosaurs. I must have had the same effect on my parents, writes Jessica Fostekew

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2022

Leicester comedy festival review – Jackie Weaver whips the Comedians’ Council into line

Weaver chairs as Suzi Ruffell and Paul Sinha field questions from the crowd, Nathan Caton riffs on lockdown with a new girlfriend and Jessica Fostekew talks no-nonsense parenting

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2022

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