Rachel Parris
- 39 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, musical comedian and improviser
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Pleasance puts lots more Edinburgh shows on sale
The second Edinburgh Fringe announcement for the Pleasance Theatre Trust is a whopper with returning award-winning acts, amazing newcomers, European sensations, shows with fun for all the family and political chatterings.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th March 2023Rachel Parris: 'Stand-up would have terrified me - the piano was a good comfort blanket'
The comic on hecklers, pre-show rituals, Jane Austen puns and her childhood heroes.
Liam Pape, The Guardian, 20th March 2023Bristol Comedy Garden returns
The Southwest's biggest comedy festival Bristol Comedy Garden presented by heycar returns to its roots in Queen Square this June 14-18th, with a Big Top bursting with incredible comedy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th March 2023Late Night Mash dropped after 2 series
Satirical comedy programme Late Night Mash will not return for a third series, Dave has confirmed.
British Comedy Guide, 10th March 2023Just For Laughs London, review
It's a tough job launching a comedy festival in London, given the the city has hundreds of gigs a week anyway. Where Just For Laughs absolutely dominates downtown Montreal for a couple of weeks in July, you could easily be in London and be entirely unaware it was on.
Chortle, 6th March 2023The Wrestling in pictures
Edinburgh hit The Wrestling made a triumphant return last night, with its first London show coming as part of the Just For Laughs festival at the Indigo venue at The O2.
Chortle, 6th March 2023Big Boys, Dead Canny and Derry Girls creators up Writers' Guild awards
Jack Rooke (Big Boys), Anna Costello (Dead Canny) and Lisa McGee (Derry Girls) are amongst the nominees for the Writers' Guild of Great Britain awards 2023
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2022These computer generated posters of comedians will give you nightmares
Artificial intelligence is getting good at generating images... but it's not perfect yet. Comedy writer and performer David Reed has demonstrated this by getting a computer to generate posters for some well-known comedians, and posting the results on Twitter. Prepare to have nightmares...
British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2022Late Night Mash with Rachel Parris review
Furious polemic is out, and passive-aggressive sarcasm is in.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd September 2022Review: Late Night Mash, Dave
The one thing about having Parris as anchor is I missed her monologues and two-way convos with Kumar.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd September 2022