Lara Ricote
- Dutch
- Comedian and actor
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Lara Ricote: "I've got gigs because I'm a woman - I've got the texts to prove it"
The comedian talks about tokenism, her years as a teenage soap star, and learning to mine her deafness for laughs on stage.
Isobel Lewis, i Newspaper, 21st February 2024Get the joke: how live captioning lets more comedy fans enjoy every punchline
Lara Ricote is among the stand-ups whose gags have landed with deaf and hearing people thanks to the work of stenographer Claire Hill.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 16th January 2024August Gig Guide: Fringe Takeover
For this month's Gig Guide, we are excited to announce our Edinburgh Fringe Festival Takeover.
Tash Snaith, Funny Women, 31st July 2023Louise Atkinson and Priya Hall amongst 99 Club bursary recipients
The 99 Club's 2023 bursaries for female and non-binary comedians were awarded to Louise Atkinson, Priya Hall, Alexandra Haddow, Leila Navabi and Lorna Rose Treen.
British Comedy Guide, 14th June 2023Monkey Barrel announces more Edinburgh shows
Monkey Barrel Comedy has released tickets for more Edinburgh Fringe 2023 shows.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th May 2023BBC pilots Kirkmoore, pioneering comedy featuring an all-disabled cast
The BBC is pioneering a new comedy, Kirkmoore, set in a college for disabled students, featuring an all-disabled cast. The corporation has ordered a pilot from the creative team behind The Inbetweeners.
British Comedy Guide, 20th April 2023Brits abroad: 9 top UK shows at the Melbourne comedy festival
With the first weekend in full swing we offer our suggestion of nine lesser-known UK comics performing in the world's second-largest comedy festival, after the Edinburgh Fringe, over the next three weeks.
Chortle, 1st April 2023Chortle Awards 2023 nominees announced
Shortlisted nominees for the 2023 awards run by comedy website Chortle have been announced. Bob Mortimer, Alasdair Beckett-King and Jordan Gray have secured two nominations each.
British Comedy Guide, 24th January 2023Jokes about the climate crisis? Why not! Lara Ricote targets another taboo
The disabled Mexican-American scooped best newcomer at Edinburgh with her scathing send-up of identity politics. But can she really wring some laughs out of the end of the world?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th January 2023Lara Ricote's goofiness lets her get away with racy jokes
Lara Ricote is the cutest Trojan horse in stand-up. Winner of the Best Newcomer prize at Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2022, she gets away with some outrageously weird, open and (jokingly) mean stuff, thanks to having the demeanour of a goofy little teenager and being irresistibly funny and likeable.
Ashley Davies, Metro, 12th January 2023