John Gordillo

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John Gordillo
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John Gordillo in March 2008.
Birth nameAlberto John Gordillo
BornLondon
MediumStand-up and director.
NationalityBritish
Website johngordillo.square.site

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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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. [4] [5] [6] [7] Gordillo returned to stand-up in 2006. [8] In 2016, his Work-in-Progress stand-up set won Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. [9]

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" [10] whilst The Herald described it as "excruciatingly unfunny." [11] More favourable reviews described Fuckonomics as "intellectually ambitious." [12]

His show about his father, Divide & Conga, was received some positive reviews at the Edinburgh fringe [13] [14] [15] [16] and his show Cheap Shots at the Defenceless toured internationally and received mixed reviews. [17] [18] [19]

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. [20] [21]

Gordillo is represented by the British talent agency Off The Kerb. [22]

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  15. ↑ Shaw, Corry. "Divide & Conga Review". Chortle.
  16. ↑ Macinnes, Paul (14 August 2008). "Comedy Contenders at the Ready". The Guardian.
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