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“a sensational job”  ★ ★ ★ ★

Dominic Maxwell, The Times

‘this is a riotous girls’ night out from start to finish.’  ★ ★ ★ ★

Mark Wareham, Mail on Sunday

“she is in ebullient form…a sharp and Joyous comic mind”

Brian Logan, The Guardian

Following the hot off the press news that Jenny Eclair is joining the latest line up of stars set to feature in the 15 th series of the critically acclaimed global hit, Taskmaster, and a successful run which saw her perform 85 dates nationwide of her critically acclaimed stand up tour Sixty! (FFS!) , including two shows at London’s Duchess Theatre, due to popular demand, Jenny will be extending her show with an additional 26 dates, bringing Sixty PLUS! (FFS!) XXL Show with new material to the stage in 2023. Having reached 63 years of age by the time the autumn tour extension actually kicks off, Sixty PLUS! (FFS!) XXL Show will commence on 2 nd September 2023 in Southend, head for London’s West End in October and draw to a close in Dublin on 4 th and Belfast on 5 th November – the first time Jenny will be bringing the show to Ireland.  Tickets go on sale on Friday 2 nd December at 12 noon from jennyeclair.com

Having hit 60 (but still a year younger than Madonna), Jenny Eclair AKA ‘The Face of Vagisan’ confronts a new decade of decrepitude. Now that it takes 20 minutes of scrolling down to find her DOB when she’s filling in forms online, should she celebrate or crawl into a hole? What will her 60’s hold for this 1960’s babe and is it a legal requirement to buy Nordic walking poles?

Jenny was the first woman to win the prestigious Perrier Award  and this latest tour follows her previous sell-out show,  How To be A Middle Aged Woman (Without Going Insane),  which toured the UK and had a run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival .

  She has many TV and radio credits to her name, most recently guest hosting on Countdown (Channel 4), presenting a second of  Drawers Off  (Channel 4) and Craftivism (BBC Four).  Other TV credits include the  Grumpy Old Women series  (BBC Two),  The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer  (Channel 4),  Loose Women  (ITV),  Splash  (ITV) and  I’m a Celebrity  (ITV). Her radio series of monologues  Little Lifetimes  (BBC Radio 4) has been commissioned for a seventh series. West End theatre credits include  Steaming, Mum’s the Word  and   both  Grumpy Old Women Live  and  Chin Up Britain , co-written by Eclair and Holder.

She currently co-hosts the  Older and Wider  podcast with  Grumpy Old Women  producer Judith Holder, having written the internationally successful  Grumpy Old Women Live  stage shows together.

As an author, Older and Wider, A Survivor’s Guide to the Menopause  made  The Sunday Times Best Sellers List  in the summer of 2020 and is now out in paperback.  Jenny is also a  Sunday Times  top ten bestselling author of the critically acclaimed novels  Camberwell Beauty ,  Having a Lovely Time  and  Life, Death and Vanilla Slices , as well as the Richard and Judy bestseller,  Moving , the short story collection,  Listening In  and Inheritance .  Her brand new book aimed at young adults, The Writing on the Wall was released in paperback over the summer.

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Jenny Eclair Sixty!  is a delight from beginning to end. Not only can she make getting older hilariously funny, but she has the ability to focus on the small shames of human life and return them to us in a new and triumphant light. ★ ★ ★ ★

Jane Darcey, The Reviews Hub

“Jenny Eclair takes to the stage jubilant and enthusiastic… Jenny Eclair is quick-witted and a joyous comic”

Tanya Howard, The Live Review

Sixty PLUS! (FFS!)  XXL Show runs from 2 nd September – 5 th November 2023

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Jenny Eclair Sixty! (FFS!) – Bloomsbury Theatre, London

Reviewer: jane darcy.

Jenny Eclair bounds on stage at the start of her new stand-up show, Jenny Eclair Sixty! (FFS! ), exuding energy. She is obviously delighted to be back with a live audience, greeting us with her particular brand of warmth and intimacy. Far from presenting ageing in her former guise as a Grumpy Old Woman, Eclair positively revels in turning sixty. You no longer have to lie about you age, she says: you flourish your status as you demand a vaccination.

She takes the defiant attitude of Jenny Joseph’s youthful speaker in “Warning”, who fantasizes about growing old disgracefully, wearing colours that don’t go, gobbling food samples in shops and pressing alarm bells. But Eclair really knows what ageing is like and presents it with relish. ‘I’m the face of Vagisan!’ she announces happily at the start of her hilarious but largeable unprintable riff on diminished libido (’chalk from the waist down’). She has a particularly comic set of expressions when she muses on what actually turns her on: ‘mmm – gilets!’ she says with a mischievous look, ‘So cosy!’. ‘Gilet,’ she deadpans, is French for ‘I’m a member of the National Trust’. She still has sufficient hormones to fancy Joe Wicks, but most of her lascivious thoughts concern biscuits, comfy knickers and a nice evening in. Seccateurs get a mention.

Her surprise on turning sixty – ‘I saw it as being something other people did’ –I thought by the time I turned sixty I’d be tall,’ clearly resonates with the audience and not just the middle aged members. Everybody can identify with the tyranny of the ten-yearly passport photo as a decade hoves into sight.

She admits to enjoying lots about pandemic-induced self-isolation. Talking about doing online yoga, her underfloor heating making her mat particularly appealing, she has a lovely image of performing her favourite pose ‘Great Big Sleeping Cat’.

Jenny Eclair Sixty! is a delight from beginning to end. Not only can she make getting older hilariously funny, but she has the ability to focus on the small shames of human life and return them to us in a new and triumphant light.

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Jenny Eclair Sixty (FFS) Tour Review – Bloomsbury Theatre

Jenny Eclair is currently touring the UK with her show ‘Sixty (FFS)’ that should have coincided with her sixtieth year. Due to originally take place in 2020 the show had to be delayed to the joy that was lockdown. Having hit 60 last year (but still a year younger than Madonna) Jenny Eclair confronts a new decade of decrepitude. Jenny is now finally able to celebrate this overdue milestone with her fans as she tours the UK.

The comedy circuit seems to have become more of a young person’s game with new fresh faces joining the scene. So, it was both refreshing and insightful to see a show that focuses on the experiences of a sexagenarian woman. Despite being a part of the Grumpy Old Women TV show Jenny Eclair takes to the stage jubilant and enthusiastic. Introducing herself as ‘The face of Vagisan’ it is abundantly clear that Jenny is excited to be back on tour.

No need to concern yourself with whether decorum comes with age as Jenny quickly dispels this myth. From discussing her diminished libido to comparing sex to making your own pastry, this show is not for the prudish. And despite thinking I might not relate to a sexagenarian she manages to make the show relatable for all ages. Like who hasn’t had the pain of trying to get through airport security with a passport photo that’s ten years old. Although most of us probably haven’t had security personally point out just how much we’ve aged like Jenny had.

Whilst Jenny says she is ready to embrace being sixty there is a slight contradiction in her material. At times she implies she’s this decaying old woman character, which is a stark contrast to her bubbly, bold personality. Jenny Eclair is quick-witted and a joyous comic and marks sixty as one of life’s sweet spots. Sixty (FFS) runs until 17 th February 2022, finishing at Newbury Corn Exchange, and tickets are available on her website  now.

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Following the news that Jenny Eclair  is joining the latest line up of stars set to feature in the 15th series of Taskmaster, Jenny will be extending her show with an additional 26 dates, bringing  Sixty PLUS! (FFS!)   XXL Show  with new material to the stage in 2023. Having reached 63 years of age by the time the autumn tour extension actually kicks off,  Sixty PLUS! (FFS!)   XXL Show  will commence on 2nd September 2023 in Southend, head to London’s West End in October and draw to a close in Dublin on 4th and Belfast on 5th November – the first time Jenny will be bringing the show to Ireland.  Tickets go on sale on Friday 2nd December at 12 noon here .

Having hit 60 (but still a year younger than Madonna), Jenny Eclair AKA ‘The Face of Vagisan’ confronts a new decade of decrepitude. Now that it takes 20 minutes of scrolling down to find her DOB when she’s filling in forms online, should she celebrate or crawl into a hole? What will her 60’s hold for this 1960’s babe and is it a legal requirement to buy Nordic walking poles? 

Jenny was the first woman to win the prestigious  Perrier Award  and this latest tour follows her previous sell-out show,  How To be A Middle Aged Woman (Without Going Insane),  which toured the UK and had a run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival .  

She has many TV and radio credits to her name, most recently guest hosting on  Countdown  (Channel 4), presenting a second of  Drawers Off  (Channel 4) and  Craftivism  (BBC Four).  Other TV credits include the  Grumpy Old Women series  (BBC Two),  The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer  (Channel 4),  Loose Women  (ITV),  Splash  (ITV) and  I’m a Celebrity  (ITV). Her radio series of monologues  Little Lifetimes  (BBC Radio 4) has been commissioned for a seventh series. West End theatre credits include  Steaming, Mum’s the Word  and   both  Grumpy Old Women Live  and  Chin Up Britain , co-written by Eclair and Holder. 

She currently co-hosts the  Older and Wider  podcast with  Grumpy Old Women  producer Judith Holder, having written the internationally successful  Grumpy Old Women Live  stage shows together.

As an author,  Older and Wider, A Survivor’s Guide to the Menopause  made  The Sunday Times Best Sellers List  in the summer of 2020 and is now out in paperback.  Jenny is also a  Sunday Times  top ten bestselling author of the critically acclaimed novels  Camberwell Beauty ,  Having a Lovely Time  and  Life, Death and Vanilla Slices , as well as the Richard and Judy bestseller,  Moving , the short story collection,  Listening In  and  Inheritance .  Her brand new book aimed at young adults,  The Writing on the Wall  was released in paperback over the summer.

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When: 7th September 2023 Location : Oran Mor Tickets : £24.75 Get Tickets

Jenny Eclair is celebrating 60 with a new stand-up show. Coming to Glasgow’s Oran Mor on 7th September 2023.

Comedian Jenny Clare Hargreaves is best known by her stage name Jenny Eclair. Born in Malaysia in 1960. Her family spent a few years in Berlin before settling in the English town of Lytham St Annes. The daughter of an army general who loved a good fart prank and a joker at heart from a young age. She first tried out the surname Eclair as a teenager while pretending to be French.  

After studying at Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre. Jenny joined a cabaret group called Cathy La Crème And The Rum Babies. She moved to London in 1982 and soon after not only met her life-long partner Geof Powell. But also began to pursue a career in comedy. In 1995, Jenny Eclair became the first woman to win Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s prestigious Perrier Comedy Award.

Along with live stand-up shows, the ’00s saw her become a regular face on television. She developed and appeared in  Grumpy Old Women  from 2004 to 2007, and became a longstanding presenter on  Loose Women . Jenny Eclair finished in third place on  I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here  in 2010 and appeared on  Celebrity MasterChef  in 2012. Over the years she hosted her own radio show and starred in various theatrical productions.

Jenny Eclair toured her How to Be Middle Aged (Without Going Insane) show throughout 2017 in venues across the UK and as far afield as Australia, where she also performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

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In addition, Jenny Eclair built a literary reputation across the release of six books. Since 1994’s non-fiction tome  The Book Of Bad Behaviour , she’s penned several novels – from 2000’s  Camberwell Beauty  to 2015’s  Moving  – that are as heart-stirring as they are side-splitting. In July 2020, she released the  Sunday Times  bestseller  Older And Wider – A Survivor’s Guide To The Menopause  offering an irreverent and honest look at the menopause.

Hitting the age of 60, Jenny Éclair designed a new show to confront this decade of decrepitude. Called Sixty! (FFS!), she revealed it would cover everything from filling out online forms and having to scroll down endlessly for her date of birth to whether it’s a legal requirement to buy Nordic walking poles.

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Jenny Eclair: SIXTY PLUS! (FFS!)

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Having hit 60 (but still a year younger than Madonna), Jenny Eclair AKA ‘The Face of Vagisan’ confronts a new decade of decrepitude.

Now that it takes 20 minutes of scrolling down to find her DOB when she’s filling in forms online, should she celebrate or crawl into a hole? What will her 60’s hold for this 1960’s babe and is it a legal requirement to buy Nordic walking poles?

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