The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre is delighted to announce that Jordan Gray will bring her smash hit show
Is it a Bird? as very memorably seen on Channel 4’s Friday Night Live , to Guildford on Friday 22nd September.
Pride in Surrey are avid supporters of Jordan's work and you'll remember Jordan joined us for one of our
LGBTQ+ online sessions during lock down,
watch it back here, and has also joined us for a number
of guest appearances on The Proud Show.
Is it a Bird?
– which now has over 20 x 5-star reviews - brings together Jordan’s love of superheroes,
her strong Essex roots, and her life as a transgender woman in an hour of raucous comedy that
resonates within and far beyond the LGBTQIA+ community. The UK’s hottest comedian takes on
babies, boobies, bigots and Batman; it’s big, silly, witty, sexy, and fun.
It seems strange to think it, but due to the speed of her monumental rise to fame, a year ago, not so
many people had heard of Jordan Gray. In August 2022, after 10 years in the music biz (and a
memorable run on The Voice ), Jordan took her brand-new show Is it a Bird to the Edinburgh Fringe .
To call her show a runaway hit does not do justice to the enormous buzz the show created.
Suddenly, Jordan is one of the UK’s most exciting and celebrated comics. And for good reason.
In September of last year, she sold out her first two week run at Soho Theatre and returned in
October to sell out a further two weeks. In October, she changed the landscape of British TV,
appearing on Channel 4’s Friday Night Live with a very memorable performance; a showstopping
song that brought down the house when she did away with her pink power suit and stripped naked –
bringing trans bodies a level of visibility hitherto never reached within the mainstream national
press. Not to lose the pace, she followed that a week later by being the first trans person to play the
London Palladium – solo. Which garnered another slew of praise and five-star reviews from the
press. And since she seemingly has an aversion to free time, Jordan also launched her brand-new
podcast – Transplaining with Jordan Gray, where she answers questions both big and small. Rest
assured, whatever the question, Jordan has a theory. Jordan’s Comedy Central web series
Transaction has been acquired for TV development by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
"Having worked with Jordan at Weston-Super-Mare Pride for a couple of years, I am not
surprised in her rise to fame. Jordan loves to make sure everyone is included and, most of all,
ensure people smile in her presence. It's this very characteristic, from the off, people from
all different walks of life adore and settle into. Before you know it, Jordan has you sitting at the
edge of your seat, rolling with the punch lines that (regularly) leave you fighting for a breath of
air amongst all the laughter!".
- Stephen Ireland (Pride in Surrey) ★★★★★
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