Janey Godley
Scottish comedian Janey Godley has talked about the diagnosis of Stage 3 ovarian cancer following her recent hysterectomy. Godley will now have to undergo chemotherapy.
Janey Godley has postponed her upcoming dates this weekend. The Scottish comedian posted a picture of herself in hospital on social media and explained why.
"Sorry but my last weekend of the tour can’t go ahead in Edinburgh and Musselburgh as I am in hospital with ovarian cancer - look after each other #MentalHealthMatters"
Update 10/9: Janey Godley withdraws from pantomime 'by mutal agreement'. More here.
Update 9/9: Janey Godley has been dropped from Government Covid adverts. More here.
Established and rising stars of the female Scottish comedy scene will feature in a raft of new comedies from BBC Scotland including Janey Godley, Gayle Telfer Stevens, Louise McCarthy, Susan Riddell, Kendra McPherson, Ashley Storrie, Karen Dunbar, Joyce Falconer and Elizabeth Caproni.
One of Scotland’s most loved arts festivals, East Lothian’s Fringe by the Sea has announced preliminary plans for its return this summer with support from partners North Berwick Trust, Belhaven Brewery and DC Thomson Media. And comedian Janey Godley (pictured) is one of the stars booked to appear.
Scotland’s largest contemporary Burns celebration, Big Burns Supper attracted a digital audience of 327,000 with viewers tuning in from Scotland and 50 countries across the world to its first-ever fully digital show which aired last night.
Comedian Janey Godley is set to host the Big Burns Supper, Scotland’s biggest contemporary Burns festival. The festival usually takes place in Dumfries across 10 days, but like so many events, it will be going virtual for 2021.
Nominations for the 2020 Scottish Comedy Awards were opened at the start of the year, in March a panel whittled the long list down to the below short list.
This year’s nominations feature a host of worldwide stars including David Tennant for his role as Crowley in Amazon’s Good Omens, Edinburgh’s Ncuti Gatwa as Otis in Netflix’s Sex Education, and Bathgate boy Lewis Capaldi who famously got in an hilarious bit of trolling with Noel Gallagher.
A comedy film co-written by stand-up comedian Janey Godley has won Best Short Film Award at the Winchester Film Festival.
The Last Mermaid is directed by Fi Kelly and also stars Gabriel Quigley and Sanjeev Kohli of Still Game and Fags, Mags and Bags.
It was co-written by Godley and Jules Middleton.
Jess Brough, who founded the Fringe of Colour, has landed second place in The Hot 100, Who To Watch Out For In 2020 chart, just published by Scottish magazine The List.
Brough (pictured) set up the Fringe of Colour in 2018 having seen how overwhelmingly white and middle class the Fringe was both on and offstage.
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