Since her last show, about weightlifting, the 39-year-old has split from her son’s father and moved in with a woman. Which adds up to hilarity for the audience if not the comic
August 2022
I’ve got big, muscular legs – and I’m finally proud of them
Jessica Fostekew
‘I canoodled in hedges and fumbled in recycling bins as a teenager – and I don’t regret a thing’
Jessica Fostekew
April 2022
My party outfit was so fancy I couldn’t even use the toilet. Some joker still told me I looked ‘comfy’
Jessica Fostekew
Maureen from Lewisham doesn’t approve of queer parents like me. That’s my vote lost
Jessica Fostekew
March 2022
The bimbo is back – and as a feminist I couldn’t be more delighted
Jessica Fostekew
I’m trying to be a better listener – but there’s only so much six-year-old I can take
Jessica Fostekew
February 2022
Living in a woman's body
Living in a woman’s body: I was obsessed with being thin, then I became pregnant and felt invincible
After years of disgust, I saw the possibility of beauty in my body just as it is. Now I am the happiest I have ever been
August 2020
Jessica Fostekew: ‘Online shows performing to just silence are the hardest'
The comedian and Motherland star on how she’s kept her comedy career afloat during the pandemic
April 2020
Lockdown culture
Rinsing bananas and rapping about teapots … comedians work from home
Without any gigs to perform, comics are spreading good cheer on Twitter and TikTok. Here’s a roundup of the latest from Suzi Ruffell, Jessica Fostekew, Mo Gilligan and others
January 2020
Joy of pecs: Jessica Fostekew, the weightlifting comic shredding body fascism
When her trainer called muscly women ‘unfeminine’, the standup turned her outrage into a hilarious show full of sweat, barbells, chalk and childbirth
December 2019
'They threw sausage rolls!' Christmas gigs bring no cheer for standups
During the festive season, comedy clubs can be hijacked by drunk, obnoxious audiences on a work night out. Dave Johns, Maff Brown and Jessica Fostekew recount their worst experiences
August 2019
70 shows, 12 days: my life as an Edinburgh comedy awards judge
Jessica Fostekew review – punchy polemic about gender stereotyping
June 2019
The funniest thing
Jessica Fostekew: ‘What do Germans think comes between fear and sex? Funf’
The actor, writer and standup on the things that make her laugh the most
