Ashley Davies
- Journalist
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Stand-up Suzi Ruffell hates put-downs
You'll have seen Suzi Ruffell being funny on loads of TV panel shows -- and she'll be appearing on a lot more over the coming months -- but there's something about doing live stand-up that this likeable performer especially adores.
Ashley Davies, Metro, 4th October 2019Sarah Keyworth interview
Sarah Keyworth on her ambitious new show and how she's turning into her dad.
Ashley Davies, Metro, 26th July 2019Bec Hill's fans take her life in odd directions
Bec Hill's life often looks like a joyful Choose Your Own Adventure escapade.
Ashley Davies, Metro, 28th June 2019Nish Kumar schools us on the mechanics of comedy
It's natural to ask the 33-year-old Londoner what he believes the purpose of comedy is.
Ashley Davies, Metro, 3rd October 2018Lou Sanders on playing her shame for laughs
Lou Sanders is talking about her latest show, Shame Pig, which took the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by storm (she was one of the three winners of the Comedians' Choice Awards) and is just about to transfer to London.
Ashley Davies, Metro, 21st September 2018Weekend: Edinburgh Award shortlister Rose Matafeo
Somewhere in the bowels of YouTube there's footage of a nerdy 16-year-old Rose Matafeo doing her first stand-up set.
Ashley Davies, Metro, 24th August 2018Edinburgh Fringe: Catch a rising star
Previews of Fringe newcomers.
Ashley Davies, Metro, 10th August 2018Weekend: Edinburgh Fringe 2018
The Edinburgh Fringe gets under way today, with Mark Watson there for the duration. And, as he tells us, he's taking a global message with him to Scotland...
Ashley Davies, Metro, 3rd August 2018Desiree Burch on working as a dominatrix
WHAT do you do when you're a sexually inexperienced woman in your early 20s who has grown up around a narrow version of what attractiveness means -- and it doesn't match what you see in the mirror? In fact, your body feels so far removed from those Californian ideals that it genuinely feels as if society has desexualised you? Desiree Burch took rather extreme action, and started working as a dominatrix.
Ashley Davies, Metro, 28th April 2018Woman of the year: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Our writers pick the women who rocked their world in 2016. For Ashley Davies that was Fleabag's creator and star.
Ashley Davies, Standard Issue, 20th December 2016