Monica Heisey
- Canadian
- Actor, writer, comedian and script editor
Press clippings
Smothered review
Romcoms are hard to get right, harder still to put distance between them and Richard Curtis, but Sky continue in this vein, Smothered being their third of recent months.
Aidan Smith, The Scotsman, 9th December 2023Smothered review
Like Bridget Jones for the smartphone generation.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 7th December 2023Smothered review
Don't expect histrionics from this comedy about the practicalities of love. It's a sweet, deeply nice take on romance that is extremely watchable.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 7th December 2023Monica Heisey: 'The UK's comedy legacy is being left to rot'
Can Smothered, a new Sky six-part drama by the Canadian Schitt's Creek writer, revive the beleaguered genre?
Susie Goldsbrough, The Times, 1st December 2023Sean McLoughlin making animated sitcom Pleasure Beach with Disney
Sean McLoughlin and animator Laurie Rowan are developing Pleasure Beach, an adult animated sitcom with Disney, described as "a surreal workplace comedy with a wicked wit and a bold animated imagination".
British Comedy Guide, 24th September 2023Aisling Bea stars in Sky step-parenting comedy
Aisling Bea has joined the cast of Sky's upcoming step-parenting comedy Smothered, which stars Jon Pointing and Danielle Vitalis.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd January 2023Sky orders step-parent comedy from Schitt's Creek writer Monica Heisey
Sky has ordered Smothered, a six-part comedy drama about step-parenting from Schitt's Creek writer and former stand-up Monica Heisey.
British Comedy Guide, 10th October 2022