Emma Sidi
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Fringe Q&As: Emma Sidi
Emma Sidi on writing cute slogans and an unfulfilled request at an Edinburgh chip shop.
Linda Howard, The Herald, 6th July 2018Pls Like Series 2 confirmed
The BBC has ordered a second series of Pls Like, the BAFTA-nominated comedy that spoofs online video bloggers.
British Comedy Guide, 19th June 2018W1A series three preview
There are moments in W1A that are almost too agonising to watch. The circuitous meetings of the BBC's directionless yet ironically named Way Ahead group so accurately replicate the prevarications of real corporate life that you can feel the knuckle-gnawing frustration from your own sofa.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th September 2017Review: Sky Summer Shorts - Emma Sidi's Summer
A full-on performance from Sidi makes this one summer holiday to remember even though the people on it would like to forget it.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th June 2017Comics appear in new version of Kafka's Metamorphosis
Tim Key and Tom Basden plus Felicity Montagu and Emma Sidi are among the stars of a new darkly comic adaptation of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th June 2017Sky Arts signs up top stars for Summer season
Morgana Robinson, Freddie Flintoff, David Earl, Joe Wilkinson, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Vicki Pepperdine, Ellie White, Ahir Shah and Emma Sidi are amongst the stars for Sky Arts's Summer sitcom shorts season.
British Comedy Guide, 7th June 2017Interview: rarely asked questions - Emma Sidi
Emma Sidi is a comedian on the way up. In the last couple of years she has been busy establishing herself as a formidable personality in all the right places. She has been in TV's Drunk History and online YouTuber satire Pls Like to name two excellent things. And she recently picked up a Chortle Award nomination for Best Character/Variety Act. Sidi currently has her own live show too, Telenovela, which comes to London this week. Think Mexican passion, soap operatic pain, transglobal heartache and dancing. Find out more about Emma Sidi below and go and see the show.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 14th March 2017Emma Sidi interview
The character comic and star of BBC3's Pls Like on what makes her laugh the most.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 10th March 2017Review: Pls Like, BBC Three, YouTube, Episode One
The show balances a subtle undoing of the phenomenon with unabashed digs in the narration and cuts to acerbic 'facts' about vlogging. In asking some important questions as we enter a new dawn of television-slash-content consumption, Pls Like is a pretty good starting point.
Beyond The Joke, 18th February 2017Chortle Awards 2017 nominees announced
The nominees for the Chortle Awards 2017 have been announced. David Baddiel, Bridget Christie, Richard Gadd, Kieran Hodgson and Stewart Lee are shortlisted for best live show.
British Comedy Guide, 16th February 2017