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‘I’m literally an X-Man’ – is trans comic Jordan Gray the next stage of human evolution?
She sings naked, had an epiphany chopping wood in Sweden, came out dressed as a cat, is making a sitcom with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and is helping Matt Lucas to be funny. Meet comedy powerhouse Jordan Gray
‘I decided that I wanted to be a comedian on live TV,” says screenwriter and standup Jordan Gray. It was 2016 and she was competing on The Voice as the talent show’s first transgender contestant in the UK under the moniker Tall Dark Friend. Between performances, host Marvin Humes handed the microphone to Gray. “I was just riffing and thought: ‘This is so much more fun than all that other bit.’”
Now when Gray performs songs, they’re part of her comedy act. She is currently preparing a show for the Edinburgh festival fringe, combining her love of superheroes, experiences as a trans woman and Essex roots under the title Is It a Bird? “The conceit is that I may be the next stage of human evolution,” she says. “I’m literally an X-Man.”
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