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John Gordillo | |
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 John Gordillo in March 2008. | |
| Born | Alberto John Gordillo London |
| Comedy career | |
| Medium | Stand-up and director. |
| Website | johngordillo |
John Gordillo is a director and former comedian. He has directed and produced live shows, specials and TV series for Eddie Izzard, Reginald D Hunter, Ross Noble, Josh Widdicombe, Dylan Moran, Michael Mcintyre, Mark Steel, Shappi Khorsandi, Seann Walsh, Shazia Mirza and Sean Lock among others. [1] [2] [3]
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He has been described as "one of the key shapers of the modern comedy landscape" [4] by The Guardian.
The Book about the Comedy Circuit "Comedy and Critique [5] " describes Gordillo's work "as significant in the development of the modern Fringe show, intellectually sophisticated and formally rigorous work driven by a clear philosophy of comedy concerned with structure, emotional escalation, and the relationship between persona and material."
Gordillo performed stand-up from 1996 to 2000 before he co-created & hosted two series of The RDA aka The Recommended Daily Allowance, a talk show for BBC Three. [6] [7] [8] [9] Gordillo returned to stand-up in 2006. [10] In 2016, his Work-in-Progress stand-up set won Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. [11]
Gordillo's solo work includes the 2009 production of Fuckonomics which received mixed reviews. British comedy website Chortle said the show's subject placed Gordillo "on potentially hack, misogynistic ground" [12] whilst The Herald described it as "excruciatingly unfunny." [13] More favourable reviews described Fuckonomics as "intellectually ambitious." [14]
His show about his father, Divide & Conga, was received some positive reviews at the Edinburgh fringe [15] [16] [17] [18] and his show Cheap Shots at the Defenceless toured internationally and received mixed reviews. [19] [20] [21]
In 2017, he directed & co-devised Ugly Chief at Battersea Arts Centre with performance artist Victoria Melody and her father, TV antiques dealer Mike Melody. The show was a seriocomic examination of death and the tensions of a father-daughter relationship. The piece received positive reviews. [22] [23]
Gordillo is represented by the British talent agency Off The Kerb. [24]