Aisling Bea
- 41 years old
- Irish
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 13
This Way Up, Channel 4 review
Hilarity with a dark undercurrent.
Markie Robson-Scott, The Arts Desk, 8th August 2019This Way Up review
Aisling Bea shines in a caring, humane new comedy.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 8th August 2019This Way Up review
The worse things get, the better the jokes become.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 8th August 2019TV preview: This Way Up, C4
Don't compare This Way Up to anything else, it is a thing of fragile beauty out there on its own.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th August 2019I talk to Aisling Bea
"The relationship between two sisters rather than two friends is something dear to my heart."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 6th August 2019This Way Up preview
The title This Way Up is intended as a wry acknowledgment of how Aisling Bea's character Aine is struggling to reorientate herself towards normality following a mental breakdown.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th August 2019Aisling Bea: 'Female isn't a genre'
"Your soul, your sanity," says Aisling Bea, "can feel like a wet bar of soap in your hands. Trying to hold on to it on a difficult day, the battle to keep the mood, when you can feel yourself slipping, can be a massive challenge."
Helen Brown, The Telegraph, 4th August 2019Aisling Bea interview
For Aisling Bea, the best way to star in a funny sitcom was to write it herself. Here, she talks about her father's death, social activism and not always trusting her own head.
Eva Wiseman, The Guardian, 4th August 2019Life's on the up for Aisling Bea ahead of new TV comedy
"I'd like to think I'm a creative person, but one thing I have a real problem with, creatively, is names. I literally look around a room and call someone, like, 'chair table'."
The Irish Examiner, 31st July 2019Aisling Bea on using humour to deal with grief
Loneliness, mental health issues, struggling in the pursuit of happiness; the subject matter of This Way Up is far from light.
The Independent (Ireland), 31st July 2019