KATHLEEN RUDDY BIO
The Brian Morton Show, BBC radio said \'Talking to Kathleen Ruddy is like being caught in a comedy gag wind tunnel\'
And The Scotsman newspaper said her comedies should be a showcase for the whole of Scottish comedy.
Kathleen Ruddy is a multi award-winning actor, acting-coach script-writer/director and performer from Scotland.
Her first play Glasgow Hard Tickets won The Scotsman Fringe First Award and The BT Award for comedy at The Edinburgh Festival. This success has followed with a further Fringe First, The Paper-boat Award a Special Jury Award at Cannes Film Festival, two Trail-blazer Awards at the Edinburgh Film Festival for both her acting work and writing work.
She has written extensively for British theatre and television and toured her comedies throughout UK and Europe. Her plays have over fifty five-star reviews under their belt and they include the very popular The Devil Wears Primark, Check Your Coupon, Spare Ribs, Death of A Playboy and her best-seller about Cyprus \'Sex, Chips & Ouzo\' described by The List Magazine as \'Tastier than a smoked sausage dipped in Taramasalata\' and by The Independent newspaper as \'A rip-roaring smutty delight\'
PRESS REVIEW ON KATHLEEN RUDDY’S SCRIPTS:
\'A delicious Farce…It\'s a showcase for the whole genre of Scottish comedy..a brilliant career is predicted for writer/director Kathleen Ruddy\'
THE SCOTSMAN
\'Hard-boiled wit, undemanding fun and well directed by the author\'
THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
\'She crackles with banter\'
THE LIST
\'Excellently played - A bawdy bruising debut and well worth taking a look at\'
THE STAGE
\'What a ruddy good show..tipped to be the hit of the fringe\'
THE EVENING TIMES
\'A rip-roaring smutty delight\'
INDEPENDENT
\'If this isn\'t the recipe for a new British screen-play then I don\'t know what is\'
THE STAGE
\'Tastier than a smoked sausage dipped in taramasalata…book the package deal today\'
THE LIST MAGAZINE
\'I pee\'d my pants…the whole theatre erupted higher than the volcano in Dante\'s Peak\'
THE EK NEWS
\'Played with superb comic timing by writer/director Kathleen Ruddy\'
THE GLASGOW HERALD
\'Ruddy is a star writer and performer undoubtedly\'
THE SCOTSMAN
\'I loved this…..a must go see\'
THE SUNDAY HERALD
\'A rollicking Scottish comedy\'
THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER
\'A cracking show! Talking to Ruddy is like being caught in a wind tunnel\'
THE BRIAN MORTON SHOW BBC RADIO
\'Pure dead brilliant banter hen!...A pure belter of a comedy!\'
THE GLASGOW HERALD
\'Pick of the day…odds on favourite\'
THE EVENING TIMES
‘Ribald gags and sassy performances’
THE GLASGOW HERALD
An excellent, ‘Carry On’ like farce’
THE DAILY EXPRESS
“Sharply written, bursting with warmth and energy and performed with real infectious relish” THE SCOTSMAN
A Pure Belter of a comedy!
THE GLASGOW HERALD
‘Pick of the day….odds on favourite’
THE EVENING TIMES
Brilliant!…played with insane inspired gusto
THE SCOTSMAN
‘Ruddy is a huge talent with an impressive track record in her profession. That she is an astute people-watcher is evident in a well-written script, full of humour and wit. Her bawdy and true-to-life characters are obviously drawn from her keen observation of real people’
THE CYPRUS MAIL
\'Audiences roared with laughter and left the theatre quoting the lines to each other in chuckles. And the jokes were not the only thing that impressed. The actors supported Ruddy well, but it is unquestionable that the show’s creator stole the limelight. Ruddy has impeccable comic-timing, and is one of those rare actresses that steps onto a stage and just owns it’
THE SUNDAY MAIL
‘As with all of Ruddy’s previous award-winning plays – ‘Sex, Chips and Ouzo’, ‘Check Your Coupon’ and ‘Glasgow Hard Tickets’, the dialogue bristles with inventiveness and sharp humour, the action is unpredictable and the plot twists and turns in a maze of surprises.’ ATHENA KARSERA
The Cyprus Weekly
‘Audiences have become accustomed to Ruddy’s clever comedy style and expect to come away laughing. She has also built a reputation for strong one-liners and a unique, sometimes scathing and eye-wateringly honest appraisal of human behaviour’
THE CYPRUS MAIL
‘Fringe First winners Rubber Ear are back in town, and their new play, ‘Sex, Chips & Ouzo’ (Gilded Balloon), will brighten the most drizzly afternoon. the show is a rip-roaringly smutty delight. Set in the summer of 1978, it details the polyestered Precious Moments shared by a pair of Glasgow women who fly to Cyprus in search of ouzo, sex and chips. As the characters of the play concede, it\'s all very Carry On Up the Acropolis, but this is farce with a vein of vernacular realism unmined by Talbot Rothwell’
THE INDEPENDENT