Talent
Jen Brister
About Jen
Having recently appeared on BBC Two’s Live At The Apollo, Stand Up at BBC Wales, The Now Show and The News Quiz (BBC R4), Jen Brister is a rising star of the British comedy scene. She has received critical acclaim for her latest Edinburgh Fringe show, ‘Meaningless’ which is currently on it’s second successful run at The Soho Theatre and selling out it’s UK tour dates up and down the country.
Jen has taken several extremely well received solo shows up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where she started as part of the prestigious show, The Comedy Zone at the Pleasance. Jen has also taken solo shows to the Adelaide & Melbourne Comedy Festivals.
Jen has previously worked at BBC 6 Music where she presented a number of different shows including the weekend overnights, the weekend breakfast show and stand ins for Lauren Laverne, Liz Kershaw and Jon Holmes. Jen also starred in Russell Brand & Trevor Lock’s ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ for BBC Radio 2.
Jen has performed stand up in clubs all over the country (literally) as well as sketch comedy in numerous sketch groups including the Loose Connection.
This is as near perfect stand up as I have seen ***** SCOTSGAY
A splendid hour of laughing till your face hurts **** THE LIST
Thoughtful and very funny…Hilarious **** THE ARTS DESK
A confident and charismatic performer **** EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS
“Outrageously Funny” METRO
Credits
TELEVISION | |||
Jen Brister: Meaningless- Amazon Prime | Performer | Amazon Prime | Kenny Cavey |
Pointless Celebrities | Panelist | BBC | Michelle Woods |
Hello America | Quibi | ||
Hypothetical | Panelist | Hattrick | Sophie Le Good |
Comedians Giving Lectures | Performer | Dave | |
Live At The Apollo | Perfomer | BBC | Alex Hardcastle |
Frankie Boyle's New World Order | Panelist | BBC | Tom Baker |
Stand Up At BBC Wales | Performer | BBC | |
Comedy Central at The Comedy Store | Performer | Comedy Central | Rose Hanson |
Stand Up at BBC Wales | Writer/ Performer | Henry Widdicombe for BBC | Stuart Laws |
Live at the Comedy Store | Writer/ Performer | Comedy Central | |
RADIO | |||
The Museum of Curiosity | Self | BBC Radio 4 | Richard Turner |
Womans Hour | Self | BBC Radio 4 | |
The New Quiz | Panellist | BBC Radio 4 | Richard Morris |
The Now Show | Writer/ Performer | BBC Radio 4 | Matt Stronge |
THEATRE | |||
Meaningless | Writer/ Performer | Soho Theatre | David Jordan |
Meaningless | Writer/ Performer | Edinburgh Fringe | David Jordan |
Wishful Thinking | Writer/ Performer | Edinburgh Fringe | |
Now & Then | Writer /Performer | Edinburgh Fringe | |
British(ish) | Writer/ Performer | Edinburgh Fringe |