Emma Sidi
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 5
Review: Starstruck, BBC Three
Typical. You wait ages for a series called Starstruck and then two come along in the same week.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th February 2022Starstruck is still the best comedy about your messy, chaotic 20s
The premise was never meant to be realistic but the question looms larger this season: how exactly does a world-famous actor make it work with a completely 'normal' person living in east London - especially when the pair are stubborn commitment-phobes?
Maybelle Morgan, Refinery 29, 6th February 2022I talk to Emma Sidi
"There easily could have been someone who could play this role better than me. I had to be ready for that."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 4th February 2022Interview: Starstruck's Emma Sidi
"I am not interested in making comedy from trauma".
Eleanor Halls, The Telegraph, 2nd February 2022Rose Matafeo pilots TV sketch show
Rose Matafeo is piloting a sketch show featuring Mawaan Rizwan, John Kearns and Emma Sidi.
British Comedy Guide, 17th December 2021Miles Jupp to play Prime Minister in Party's Over on Radio 4
Miles Jupp is to play Britain's least successful Prime Minister in a new Radio 4 sitcom. A series of Party's Over is coming to Radio 4, following on from the 2019 pilot.
British Comedy Guide, 18th May 2021Review: Starstruck a breath of fresh air we need now
I'd say Starstruck is a treat for the eyeballs, it might sound daft, but it really is.
Sarah Kennedy, The Custard TV, 6th May 2021Rose Matafeo confirms Starstruck Series 2 in production
Rose Matafeo has confirmed that production is underway on the second series of Starstruck, her BBC Three sitcom.
British Comedy Guide, 4th May 2021BBC Three's Starstruck is a sweet and funny romcom
It's a bit like Fleabag, only minus the self-loathing, the existential angst and, most noticeably, the Hot Priest.
Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 30th April 2021Starstruck - Matafeo stars in millennial fairytail
Co-written by the stand-up and Alice Snedden, this series about a struggling twentysomething who has a one-night stand with a film star is both improbable and rather enjoyable.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 25th April 2021