Kerry Godliman: Facetime: The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh, 2014
Always Be Comedy (2 shows): The Tommyfield pub, Kennington, London, 2016
Always Be Comedy (2 shows): The Tommyfield pub, Kennington, London, 2017
Always Be Comedy (2 shows): The Tommyfield pub, Kennington, London, 2018
Always Be Comedy (2 shows): The Tommyfield pub, Kennington, London, 2019
Always Be Comedy: The Tommyfield pub, Kennington, London, 2020
The Bike Project’s Wheelie Fun Charity Quiz: Online: 2020
Just The Tonic Working From Home: Online: 2020
Always Be Comedy (2 shows): Online: 2020
#SaveLiveComedy: (Show 2): The Clapham Grand, London: Online: 2020
Always Be Comedy Online: Online: 2021
Always Be Comedy Online: Suzi Ruffell All Stars for Young Roots: Online: 2021
Always Be Comedy Online: Kerry Godliman Allstars: Online: 2021
Always Be Comedy: The Tommyfield pub, Kennington, London, 2021
Kerry Godliman: Bosh! Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 2022
Always Be Comedy: The Tommyfield pub, Kennington, London, 2022
Always Be Comedy: Sambrook’s Brewery, Wandsworth, London, 2022
Always Be Comedy: The Tommyfield pub, Kennington, London, 2023
Always Be Comedy: 12th Birthday: The Tommyfield pub, Kennington, London, 2023
Happy Mondays Comedy: The Amersham Arms, New Cross, London, 2023
I watched comedian Kerry Godliman perform her solo show Facetime at the Edinburgh Festival in 2014 and make several appearances in 2016 and 2017 at the Always Be Comedy club in n London. Godliman had a brilliant authority on stage and delivered observational comedy at its best. Her material included relationships, parenting, shopping and technology, Godliman’s individual take on life made the difference to her comedy – it was pacey, snappy and devastatingly funny. Each story was set up well, there were plenty of laughs along the way to the big laugh to close the routine. As one-story lead seamlessly to the next, the laughs built and built. It all sounded so clear and easy, but it takes a skilled performer and intelligent comic mind to be this good.
I saw Godliman again play Always Be Comedy in London as a headline act, and also as a special surprise guest in September and October 2018. She talked about intense female friendships incorporating instantly recognisable characters into her routine. Routines about parenting, family life and holidays went down well with the crowd and there was sharp thinking behind her well-crafted observational comedy.
Godliman returned to Always Be Comedy in June and October 2019 for a work-in-progress show preparing for a brand new 2020 tour and an appearance on the Royal Variety Performance. The extremely gifted comedian and actress was an absolute joy to watch delivering more beautifully observed insights into a hectic family life and the set featured an animal impersonation that was priceless.
Babies and cats were subjects in Godliman’s constantly hilarious work in progress set for her new tour Bosh! that I saw at Always Be Comedy in February 2020. Extremely down-to earth in her approach and extremely affable on stage, I was exhausted from laughing so hard and I plan to see the full tour show.
In June 2020, Godliman co-presented an online quiz with Jen Brister to raise money for the Bike Project which takes donated bikes, refurbishes them and gives them to refugees. The duo was a perfect double act and Godliman had the rare gift of making any situation funny and it was so good to see her delivering the quiz with her co-star and this was a great way to spend a Saturday night during the forced pandemic lockdown in the company of two great comedians.
Godliman was also a headliner at Just The Tonic Working From Home, an online show in June 2020. I had problems with the internet and logging in causing me to unfortunately miss some of the show, but I did get to see Godliman’s brilliant routine involving the annoyance of a virtual assistant and coping with family lockdown.
The comedian also appeared for Always Be Comedy Online in July and September 2020 and for #SaveLiveComedy (show 2) in August 2020. In February 2021, the comedian appeared once again for Always Be Comedy Online which featured material about holidays and then in March 2021 for a charity show: Suzi Ruffell All Stars for Young Roots which featured material about camping. She was effortlessly funny describing her lock down situation including her experiences of online meetings, social media and trying to get to grips with new technology.
In April 2021, Godliman co-hosted with regular MC James Gill, a charity night, Kerry Godliman Allstars for Always Be Comedy Online. She proved to be a very jovial host and featured in a question-and-answer session at the end of the evening which was hysterical.
The comedian returned to live stand-up comedy for a wonderful new material night at Always Be Comedy live in July 2021. As sharp, confident, and very funny as ever, her on stage energy and acute mimicry and warm personality enhanced her razor-sharp observations of family life delivering a masterful performance.
I watched Godliman’s tour Bosh! At the Bloomsbury Theatre in February 2022 and marvelled at what a very funny woman she was. The performance was one of the best she has ever given displaying hysterical mannerisms, visual humour and material that was comedy gold. Subjects included family, technology and her pets, the show focussed on the ability to get things done and I laughed consistently for an hour at her. In May 2022, she once again deservedly headlined Always Be Comedy with another brilliant routine from her show. She performed again for the new Always Be Comedy venue at Sambrook’s Brewery in Wandsworth in September 2022, at the Tommyfield pub, at Kennington in March 2023, again for the 12th birthday show in June 2023, and for Happy Mondays Comedy at The Armersham Arms in London in June 2023 where her wonderful visual and verbal style shone on stage, and her comical observations were loved by audience.
Godliman never fails to continuously make me laugh on stage and online. She is one of my current favourite comedians and I wish her every success.