Phoebe Waller-Bridge
- 39 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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The club where Phoebe Waller-Bridge created Fleabag
Once based in a rundown boozer, DryWrite nights encouraged risk and giddy game-playing - their spirit is felt in Killing Eve and across British theatre today.
Matt Trueman, The Guardian, 14th August 2019Waller-Bridge will feel 'elated' when Fleabag goes
She promises we'll all get over it.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 14th August 2019Waller-Bridge has 'fantasy' of bring back Fleabag at 50
Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has reportedly admitted she has a fantasy about reviving the show when she turns 50 - immediately after ruling out a third season.
Roisin O'Connor, The Independent, 6th August 2019Phoebe Waller-Bridge accepts TCA Award
Phoebe Waller-Bridge hit the stage to accept the Outstanding Achievement In Comedy gong at the TCA Awards for her show Fleabag on Saturday night.
Andrew Bullock, Daily Mail, 4th August 2019How Waller-Bridge revived tired writing tools
When this year's Emmy nominations were announced, one thing was made very clear: Fleabag creator, writer and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge's ascension to the upper echelons of Hollywood was complete.
Clem Bastow, Chortle, 4th August 2019Special edition Fleabag script book announced
A new edition of the original Fleabag play's script book is to be published, expanded with new material celebrating the cultural phenomenon.
British Comedy Guide, 31st July 2019Emmy nominations: Fleabag women triumph, Scott snubbed
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman, Fiona Shaw and Kristin Scott Thomas have all received nods for their performances in the show. Andrew Scott, who famously played a hot priest in series two, was notably absent from the nominees list.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 16th July 2019It takes more than talent alone to produce a Fleabag
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has defended her comedy against claims it is 'for posh girls', but working-class writers know that success is too often down to more than just skill and hard work.
Frances Ryan, The Guardian, 9th July 2019Fleabag 'just for posh girls'? That's inverse snobbery
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's second series of Fleabag was instantly and rightly hailed as a masterpiece. Its intoxicating clash of religion and romance; its bravery in articulating the problems of worshipping God in the 21st century; its effortless humour and its sophisticated structure made it the most perfect work of televisual art in years. And yet, a glowing Guardian review of Fleabag by Ellen E Jones came with a ridiculous caveat - that the privileged lives of the show's characters made it "a little less lovable".
Ben Lawrence, The Telegraph, 5th July 2019Phoebe Waller-Bridge hits back at 'posh' criticism
She went to private schools, lived in a lovely bit of London and had a supportive family and agrees it's "absolutely, probably true that loads of people don't have the the same opportunities" as her. "If that is where it comes from, then I am really sympathetic to that feeling." But she is less impressed when people criticise her actual work because she's had a lucky start in life.
BBC, 3rd July 2019