John Gordillo

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John Gordillo is a director and former comedian. He has directed and produced live shows, specials and TV series for Eddie Izzard, Reginald D Hunter, Ross Noble, Josh Widdicombe, Dylan Moran, Michael Mcintyre, Mark Steel, Shappi Khorsandi, Seann Walsh, Shazia Mirza and Sean Lock among others.{{cite web |last1=Kettle |first1=James |title=John Gordillo on Tour |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/jul/06/this-weeks-new-live-comedy |website=The Guardian|date=6 July 2013 }}{{cite web |last1=Goldsmith |first1=Stuart |title=Interview with John Gordillo |url=https://www.comedianscomedian.com/114-john-gordillo-1-of-2/ |website=The Comedian's Comedian|date=27 March 2015 }}{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Daniel R |title=Comedy & Critique |website=www.google.co.uk |date=20 June 2018 |publisher=Policy Press |isbn=9781529200164 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgBpDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22John+Gordillo%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA69}}

Gordillo performed stand-up from 1996 to 2000 before he co-created & hosted two series of The RDA aka The Recommended Daily Allowance, a talk show for BBC Three.{{cite web |last1=Greaves |first1=Ian |title=The Greatest Chat Show You Never Saw |url=https://issuu.com/thefix/docs/fix_september/103 |website=The Fix|date=6 August 2009 }}{{cite web |title=RDA Episode Guide |url=http://www.reallywannaknow.co.uk/rda/ |website=reallywannaknow.co.uk |publisher=Internet Archive wayback machine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913084951/http://www.reallywannaknow.co.uk/rda/ |archive-date=13 September 2007 }}{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Ian |title=Dark Days: The Birth of BBC3 |url=http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/features/bbc3/birth.htm |website=Off the Telly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011034826/http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/features/bbc3/birth.htm |archive-date=11 October 2008 }}{{cite web |last1=Aston |first1=Criag |title=Cult Heaven |url=http://www.garbledonline.net/cultheaven.html |website=Garbled Online |archive-url=https://archive.today/20031203223430/http://www.garbledonline.net/cultheaven.html |archive-date=3 December 2003 |url-status=dead}} Gordillo returned to stand-up in 2006.{{Cite web |title=John Gordillo |url=http://www.standupcomedynights.co.uk/comedians/john-gordillo/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=StandUpComedyNights Creating the perfect comedy event for you |language=en-US}} In 2016, his Work-in-Progress stand-up set won Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival.{{cite web |last1=Dessau |first1=Bruce |title=Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival Winners Announced |url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/2563/news-daves-leicester-comedy-festival-winners-announced |website=Beyond the Joke|date=21 March 2016 }}

Gordillo's solo work includes the 2009 production of Fuckonomics which received mixed reviews. British comedy website Chortle said the show's subject placed Gordillo "on potentially hack, misogynistic ground"{{Cite web |last=Burgess |first=Marissa |title=John Gordillo: Fuckonomics - Fringe 2009 : Reviews 2009 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2009/08/29/27498/john-gordillo-fuckonomics-fringe-2009 |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}} whilst The Herald described it as "excruciatingly unfunny."{{Cite web |title=The road to enlightenment |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12769135.road-enlightenment/ |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=HeraldScotland |date=29 August 2009 |language=en}} More favourable reviews described Fuckonomics as "intellectually ambitious."{{Cite web |date=2013-07-06 |title=This week's new live comedy |url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/jul/06/this-weeks-new-live-comedy |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

His show about his father, Divide & Conga, was received some positive reviews at the Edinburgh fringe{{cite news |last1=Maxwell |first1=Dominic |title=John Gordillo at the Pleasance Dome |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/spain/john-gordillo-at-the-pleasance-dome-edinburgh-cgxcl7t308k |website=The Times}}{{cite web |last1=Deansway |first1=Harry |title=John Gordillo, Edinburgh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/aug/16/comedy |website=The Guardian|date=15 August 2008 }}{{cite web |last1=Shaw |first1=Corry |title=Divide & Conga Review |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2008/01/01/35629/john_gordillo:_divide_&_conga |website=Chortle}}{{cite web |last1=Macinnes |first1=Paul |title=Comedy Contenders at the Ready |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/aug/14/edinburgh.inthenews |website=The Guardian|date=14 August 2008 }} and his show Cheap Shots at the Defenceless toured internationally and received mixed reviews.{{cite web |last1=Delilkan |first1=Sharu |title=Cheap Shots at the Defenceless |url=http://www.theatrescenes.co.nz/review-john-gordillo-cheap-shots-at-the-defenceless-nz-international-comedy-festival/ |website=Theatre Scenes}}{{Cite web |title=John Gordillo: Cheap Shots at the Defenceless: 3 star review by Sam Waddicor |url=http://broadwaybaby.com/shows/john-gordillo-cheap-shots-at-the-defenceless/28529 |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=broadwaybaby.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=John Gordillo: Cheap Shots at the Defenceless {{!}} Comedy Review {{!}} The Skinny |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh-fringe/comedy/john-gordillo-cheap-shots-at-the-defenceless |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=www.theskinny.co.uk |language=en}}

In 2017, he directed & co-devised Ugly Chief at Battersea Arts Centre with performance artist Victoria Melody and her father, TV antiques dealer Mike Melody. The show was a seriocomic examination of death and the tensions of a father-daughter relationship. The piece received positive reviews.{{cite news |last1=Marlowe |first1=Sam |title=Ugly Chief theatre review |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/theatre-review-ugly-chief-at-battersea-arts-centre-sw11-gzm9572ss |website=The Times}}{{cite web |last1=Gardner |first1=Lynne |title=How To Have Fun at Your Own Funeral |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/nov/03/ugly-chief-review-battersea-arts-centre-bac-victoria-mike-melody |website=The Guardian|date=3 November 2017 }}

Gordillo is represented by the British talent agency Off The Kerb.{{Cite web |title=Artists - Off The Kerb |url=https://offthekerb.com/artists/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=offthekerb.com/ |language=en-GB}}