Rachel Creeger
Rachel Creeger

Rachel Creeger

  • British
  • Stand-up comedian, comedian, director, writer, improviser, musical creative, podcaster, poet, presenter, promoter and script editor
Rachel Creeger. Credit: Ruth Bloch Photography

Rachel Creeger is a multi-award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, director and broadcaster, and resident MC for London club "Comedy Upstairs at the Adam & Eve". She is a regular guest topical comedian on BBC One's Sunday Morning Live and BBC Radio London

Year Production Role
2024 Leicester Comedy Festival Self
2023 Tsitsit: The Jewish Fringe Self
2023 Rachel Creeger: Ultimate Jewish Mother Self
2023 Bath Comedy Festival Self
2023 The Sunny & Shay Show - BBC Radio London, monthly guest slot Self
2023 Sunday Morning Live - BBC1, recurring role Regular Panellist
2023 Leaving Erinsborough Host / Presenter
2023 Leaving Erinsborough Host / Presenter
2022 Tsitsit: The Jewish Fringe Self
2022 London Podcast Festival Self
2022 Choir? Self
2022 Rachel Creeger: Pray It Forward Self
2022 Greater Manchester Fringe Self
2022 Sunday Morning Live - BBC1 Regular Panellist
2022 A Believer’s Guide - BBC1 Self
2022 Jew Talkin' To Me? Host / Presenter
2022 The Sunny & Shay Show - BBC Radio London, monthly guest slot Self
2021 Sunday Morning Live - BBC1 Regular Panellist
2021 Tsitsit: The Jewish Fringe Self
2021 Women in Comedy Festival Self
2021 Drunk Women Solving Crime Self
2021 Being Jewish: UK Comedy Edition - NextUp Comedy Self
2021 The Sunny & Shay Show - BBC Radio London, monthly guest slot Self
2021 Jew Talkin' To Me? Host / Presenter
2020 Jew Talkin' To Me? Host / Presenter
2020 What's In The Box?
  1. E20 - Episode Twenty
  2. E25 - Episode Twenty Five
Guest
2020 The Sunny & Shay Show - BBC Radio London, monthly guest slot Self
2019 Women in Comedy Festival Self
2019 It's No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl Self
2019 Rachel Creeger - Hinayni! Self
2019 Oxford Comedy Festival Self
2019 The Sunny & Shay Show - BBC Radio London, monthly guest slot Self
2018 Jason Rosam Show - BBC Radio London, recurring guest Self
2018 It's No Job for a Nice Jewish Girl Self
2017 It's No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl Self
2015 Mancunian Rhapsody Self
Nationality
British
Resident of
United Kingdom

Rachel Creeger is a multi-award-winning stand-up comedian, writer and director, and the only orthodox Jew currently on the UK comedy circuit. She co-hosts both internationally renowned chat show podcast "Jew Talkin' To Me?", and Neighbours superfan podcast "Leaving Erinsborough", and is the resident MC for London comedy club "Upstairs at the Adam & Eve". regular guest comedian on BBC1's 'Sunday Morning Live', she has also appeared on 'A Believers Guide' (BBC1), 'Being Jewish' (NextUp Comedy), and sitcom 'Hapless' (Netflix, to be released).

Rachel has been a monthly guest on BBC Radio London's Sunny & Shay Show since 2019, providing a comical look at topical news stories. Her radio credits also include the other flagship shows on BBC Radio London, as well as BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2, Radio 5 Live and many other regional stations. In 2022 she was one of 3 London acts showcased for the comedy stage at the BBC Upload Festival.

Rachel won the coveted Best Comedy Award at the Greater Manchester Fringe 2017 for 'It's No Job For A Nice Jewish Girl', her solo stand up show exploring identity, expectations and rebellion. A sell-out debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe run in 2017 was followed by a successful UK tour, a triumphant return to the Fringe in 2018 and a tour of Israel in spring 2019. Her second show, 'Hinayni!' ran at the prestigious Underbelly in Edinburgh where it received 5★ and 4★ reviews. She created two new shows online during lockdown, 'Pray It Forward' and 'Ultimate Jewish Mother'. They were finally performed live last year to great acclaim, with 'Pray It Forward' receiving an award nomination at the 2022 Greater Manchester Fringe then a jam-packed run in Edinburgh. Her latest project is to merge 'Hinayni!' and 'Pray It Forward' into a 90-minute touring show, working title 'Rachel Profiling' as well as performing 'Ultimate Jewish Mother' at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023.

Rachel is one of the Jewish "community's foremost and talented comedians" (The Jewish News), not least as host of "Chanukah in the Square", an event in Trafalgar Square, central London. As well as performing there, she has introduced dignitaries such as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Chief Rabbi Mirvis, and a range of acts from around the world. Rachel headlines main stages at Jewish events and festivals including packed gigs at the prestigious Limmud Festival and was also the comedy producer for the Tsitsit Jewish Fringe Festival in its first years. During lockdown, Rachel performed for audiences in the UK, USA, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and Finland, and hosted charity gigs, corporate events, a wedding, and a bar mitzvah!

Rachel is a Non-Executive Director on the board of Funny Women, she regularly performs at and comperes showcases and corporate gigs as part of their HERlarious project. Her personal corporate clients have included Barclays PLC, Schroders, Navex Global and charities such as Donnie's Fund, Saying Goodbye (the Mariposa Trust), Adult CP Hub and Tzedek. She has also hosted and gigged at numerous private functions. Rachel has run comedy writing, improv and performance courses across the UK and Israel.

As a playwright and director Rachel has over fifty theatre credits to her name including everything from touring shows to West End productions. Her own work includes the 5★ reviewed, critically acclaimed shows 'An Insomniac's Guide To Ambulances', and 'Staffroom' (winner of Most Audience Recommended show in the Camden Fringe, award sponsored by Everything Theatre). Rachel directed award nominated musical comedy 'Mancunian Rhapsody', Ria Lina's award-winning stand-up show 'Dear Daughter' and was assistant director and co-producer for the multi award nominated, smash hit productions of Othello and Hamlet by Shakespeare Peckham. She has worked extensively with DYSPLA, a renowned organisation supporting neurodivergent creatives, which is also a strong part of her own identity. Rachel has written for the Jewish Chronicle, the Independent, Jewish Renaissance, Female Arts Magazine and been quoted in the Guardian.

Rachel really pushing boundaries with her unique voice and comedy talent. Being the first woman of her community to perform on the UK comedy circuit is not without challenges, she doesn't perform on Sabbath and is committed to her family, it's real life - not a character! Her comedic style is funny and entertaining observational storytelling, and her stage presence is unsurprisingly relaxed as she has been performing on and off since she was 5 years old, in choirs, musical theatre and (briefly but memorably) a dance troupe. Rachel is also a skilled improverser and improvisor, regularly performing with This Is Your Trial, Comedy Auction and The Complete History of Pop in an Hour.

Greater Manchester Fringe Awards 2017
Best Comedy (Winner)
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