Handstands In The Dark: A True Story of Growing Up and Survival

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Gilbert, Julie (6 November 2016). "Glaswegian Janey Godley threatened with rape after George Square Trump protest". glasgowlive . Retrieved 19 February 2017. Petrol bomb pensioner shows old gang hatreds die hard". The Scotsman. 6 January 2008 . Retrieved 30 September 2017. Glover, Gillian. "Working in a rough Glasgow pub gave Janey Godley the front to make a success of stand-up comedy - and put dark memories of a troubled childhood behind her, says Gillian Glover". www.janeygodley.com . Retrieved 20 August 2020. Janey Godley: Scottish comedian reveals she has ovarian cancer and cancels final tour dates". Sky News . Retrieved 19 November 2021. Godley often makes spoof voice-overs of videos. [25] [26] In 2020, Godley wrote and starred in a series of short films titled Alone, about a recently widowed housewife whose abusive husband has died of COVID-19, as part of the National Theatre of Scotland's Scenes for Survival webseries. [27] In December 2020, the Royal Society of Edinburgh commended Godley's voice-overs of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's COVID-19 briefings for helping engage the public with the warnings. [14]

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A regular 5-star performer at the Edinburgh Fringe, in 2008 she won the Fringe Report Award as ‘Best Performer’ and two Nivea Funny Women Fringe Awards– as ‘Best Stand-Up’ and, overall, for ‘Best Show’ as “one of the most prolific and extraordinary stand-up comedians working in the UK”. After reading Handstands I am surprised that she not only laughed again, but also developed a rare talent to make us laugh again...and again ...and again too. Janey Godley tells fans that her cancer has returned". The Independent. 14 December 2022 . Retrieved 14 December 2022. Ferguson, Brian (24 October 2020). "Comedy star Janey Godley named 'Scots Speaker of the Year' ". The Scotsman. JPI Media . Retrieved 27 October 2020.a b Brooks, Libby (19 August 2019). " 'I joked about my life – Ma's murder, child abuse, gangsters': how Janey Godley became the queen of comedy". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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Casting confirmed for BBC comedy series Dinosaur as filming commences". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre . Retrieved 12 August 2023. Born in the tough East End of Glasgow and married into one of the city's most notorious criminal families, Janey Godley's young life was far from ordinary. From the grim and far-from-swinging 60s, to the discos of the 70s, to the tidal wave of heroin addiction which engulfed Glasgow's East End during the 1980s, Janey was witness to an extraordinary underworld - as well as religious sectarianism, abject poverty and a frightening family of in-laws. Throughout it all, her indomitable spirit - and her vivid sense of humour - kept her alive. On 31 December 2010, her brother Mij Currie died from a drug-related illness. [15] [16] Career [ edit ] Janey Godley (born Jane Godley Currie, 20 January 1961) is a Scottish stand-up comedian, actress and writer from Glasgow. [2] Early life [ edit ] Godley, Janey (31 December 2016). "My brother's death announced on FACEBOOK". Medium . Retrieved 25 August 2021.Prison term for uncle marks an end to the ordeal women had kept to themselves; Abused sisters' 30-year secret". The Herald. 5 November 1996 . Retrieved 21 August 2020. She won an award for the "Best Show Concept" at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in 2002, and the "Spirit of the Festival" in 2006. [20] In 2005 her autobiography Handstands in the Dark was published. [21] In 2006, she was a finalist for the Edinburgh Evening Times' "Scotswoman of the Year" award. [22] In 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2009, she was nominated as "Best International Guest" by the New Zealand Comedy Guild. [23]

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Cochrane, Angus (8 September 2021). "Janey Godley apologises for 'horridly offensive' historic tweets". The National. Newsquest Media Group . Retrieved 8 September 2021. a b Williams, Martin (11 December 2020). "Royal Society of Edinburgh acclaims Janey Godley's medicine for helping curb Covid-19 spread". The Herald. Herald and Times Group. Newsquest Media Group . Retrieved 11 December 2020. Users who reposted HANDSTANDS IN THE DARK, by Janey Godley, read by Janey Godley - audiobook extract Godley, Janey (2020). Frank Get The Door. Great Britain: Luath Press. ISBN 978-1910022146. Illustrated by Christina ConnellyIn February 2016, Godley joined a group of comedians on a tour of the UK in support of Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, although she is a supporter of the Scottish National Party. [37] Hinds, Alice (30 May 2021). "Comedian Ashley Storrie on why playing an autistic young woman in her first dramatic role has helped her open up about her own diagnosis". The Sunday Post . Retrieved 25 August 2021.