British Comedy Guide
Emma Sidi
Emma Sidi

Emma Sidi

  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

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Standups on their most disastrous dates

A night in a cemetery, a trip to a strip club, five hours in A&E ... comics relive their woeful romantic rendezvous.

The Guardian, 14th February 2019

Emma Sidi interview

"My theory is that character comedy is less well regarded than stand-up"

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th February 2019

Emma Sidi chooses her comedy favourites

'A 1,000 episodes-long lesson in character comedy'

Emma Sidi, Chortle, 20th August 2018

Edinburgh Fringe: Catch a rising star

Previews of Fringe newcomers.

Ashley Davies, Metro, 10th August 2018

Interview: Emma Sidi

The character comic switches roles like a regenerating Time Lord in her new Edinburgh show, Faces of Grace - from a wannable Love Island contestant to a cat-loving loner.

Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 6th August 2018

Fringe 2018: the best comedy to see

The best comedy to see.

Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 2nd August 2018

50 unmissiable shows at the Fringe

Once again, the To Do List team will be jetting up to the Edinburgh Fringe to check out the very best that the festival hast to offer, and we'll be sharing with you the best quirky, offbeat, and downright amazing events at this years Fringe!

To Do List, 30th July 2018

Fringe 2018: 21 unmissable comedy recommendations

Edinburgh Fringe season is back upon us once again - so what's worth checking out?

Shaun Kitchener, The Daily Express, 23rd July 2018

The best comedy to see in Edinburgh, part two

The tricky subjects of identity politics, consent and mental health make for electric shows.

Michael Hogan & Ralph Jones, The Guardian, 22nd July 2018

With Have I Got News For You now the satirical equivalent of a dad at a disco, the need for an acerbic outsider to square up to the establishment has never been greater. While British TV is yet to find anything as punchy as HBO's Last Week Tonight, but Guy Davidson and Dan Clarke (aided by performers including Emma Sidi and Jon Pointing) will attempt here to blend sketches and remixed news footage into - if we are lucky - a chunky satirical soup. If we are not, expect the same insipid gruel we have been served many times before.

Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 12th July 2018

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