Jonathan Pie, Duke of York’s Theatre review – spoof political reporter takes no prisoners Tom Walker in a bravura display by Veronica Lee If you don’t like sweary comics – Jonathan Pie uses the c-word liberally – then this may not be the show for you. In fact if you’re a Tory, ditto, because it […]
Jonathan Pie has taken on Trump, Truss and Sunak – can he take on the West End? By Stephen Armstrong “Please don’t clap comrades,” Jeremy Hardy said after applause greeted a joke during a benefit show in the late 90s. “You agree with the sentiment, but don’t find it funny.” At times in Pie’s 90-minute […]
Reviewed by Franco Milazzo for Theatre and Tonic. *Disclaimer: Gifted tickets in return for an honest review With the fury of a thousand Sun headlines, Jonathan Pie returns to the stage with his latest show Heroes & Villains. If there were medals for speaking truth to power, Pie would be walking around like a Russian general at the […]
Jonathan Pie: Heroes And Villains Review of the angry political commentator back on the rampage The current backstory of fake journalist Jonathan Pie is that he’s back on the Westminster beat for the BBC, making viral videos saying what he really thinks between on-air dispatches from College Green, as well as having his own Radio 4 phone-in. […]
Jonathan Pie, the brilliant creation of Tom Walker, is a force to be reckoned with in the online sphere, masquerading as a bold broadcaster and fictional ‘senior deputy political correspondent for the BBC.’ His passionate tirades deliver scathing critiques of the political establishment, crowning him as one of the UK’s sharpest satirists. Walker’s material is […]
Jonathan Pie: Fake News (The Corona Remix) Review of the angry mock reporter’s powerful polemic On the day of Boris Johnson’s spluttering Tory party conference speech comes a powerful invective from the unofficial leader of the opposition. Oh, for Keir Starmer to be imbued with just one per cent of the passion and conviction Jonathan […]
Jonathan Pie: The Fake News Tour Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Hexagon, Reading Midway through a typically impassioned rant against ‘woke’ comedy, spoof news reporter Jonathan Pie rages: ‘Sometimes you want to have a laugh without being lectured.’ Which is definitely a bit rich coming from him… For Fake News is a state-of-the-nation […]
CONTROVERSIAL TV PRESENTER JONATHAN PIE LETS OFF STEAM TO A PACKED YORK BARBICAN In an attempt to salvage his career, controversial TV presenter Jonathan Pie takes to the road for The Fake News Tour. Check out our review of opening night at the York Barbican. Hold the front page! Jonathan Pie has been sacked! After […]
Jonathan Pie, the angry British TV reporter created by actor Tom Walker, has become a viral sensation online thanks to his erudite rants about the state of UK and world politics. But if fans of Pie’s blistering attacks attended his Melbourne show expecting he would turn his attention to the sorry state of Australia’s parliamentary […]
THOUGH best known for his three-minute YouTube rants, Tom Walker’s splenetic news reporter character Jonathan Pie is altogether funnier and more impressive in a live setting. The narrative arc of this show allows him to build up an incredible head steam, escalating from pompous self-regard and waspish asides, through thermonuclear paroxysms of rage to sustained […]
At the National Theatre, Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston is resurrecting the 1976 film Network, the rage-to-riches story of newsreader Howard Beale who’s ‘mad as hell and not going to take it any more’. Well, Jonathan Pie is a Howard Beale for the YouTube generation, a furious reporter on the edge who vents with a rare […]
There has been no slogging round the club circuit for Jonathan Pie. This spoof news reporter sold out the Apollo twice this weekend thanks to his rapid-response online rants that regularly go viral. Whether it’s the weather or Brexit he delivers vitriol by the bucketload. His latest live outing purports to be a pilot for […]
You’ve quite possibly seen Jonathan Pie on your social media timeline with some clickbait headline like: ‘Watch this reporter lose it and reveal the REAL news’. The clips of him, an apparently sober broadcast journalist letting rip into social inequalities and political hypocrisy once he thinks the cameras are off, have become a viral phenomenon. […]
There is no doubt Mr Pie is a creation of great Âcleverness. This show is a rant-fan’s delight. When JP gets torn into charities, the rich/poor divide, David Cameron and Theresa May, it is like watching him put metaphorical frogs in a blender. His attacks on the professionally offended and recreationally outraged were everything I […]
The Trump victory has at least been good for one comedian. Spoof reporter Jonathan Pie’s online tirade about the US election went viral last week, boosting his profile and ticket sales. He has just announced a date at the home of variety, The Palladium. In his live show Pie is an unlikely host of Children […]