Rachael Healy
- Journalist
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Amy Annette review
Tales of 00s teenhood teleport you to the dancefloor.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 24th January 2025Rob Copland on his head-banging, daredevil comedy: "I want it to feel like a punk rock show"
Featuring moshpits and acrobatics, the comic's wildly physical brand of standup leaves audiences buzzing for hours. Now he's taking his Edinburgh award-winning set on tour - if he can get through it without serious injury.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 17th January 2025Next Big Thing 2025 nominees announced
Celya AB, Dan Tiernan, Josh Pugh, Katie Norris, Michael Odewale, Olga Koch, Paddy Young, Rachel Fairburn, Rob Copland and Tarot have been announced as the inaugural nominees for an award naming comedy's Next Big Thing.
British Comedy Guide, 9th January 2025Philomena Cunk's shtick is starting to grow tedious
Cunk's latest musings on the meaning of life is classic Charlie Brooker - but it's time to give Diane Morgan's fool something new to do.
Rachael Healy, i Newspaper, 30th December 2024'Serious and silly': Radio 4 team behind Now Show replacement plan to break news as well as joking about it
The broadcaster's recently launched Naked Week will mix satirical humour and topical investigative journalism.
Rachael Healy, The Observer, 7th December 2024Joe Kent-Walters: "I used to do a strip tease with carrier bags"
The Yorkshire-born stand-ups's surreal take on a working men's club has bagged him comedy awards and a BBC radio pilot. But even as he dreams of a Mrs Merton-style talkshow, he's still insistent on keeping things surreal.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 11th November 2024'People feel terrible. They want to laugh': can comedy make light of Trump 2.0?
A second Donald Trump presidency may be darker than the first, but his victory has unleashed the creative energies of satirists and stand-ups.
Rachael Healy, The Observer, 10th November 2024Radio can be saviour during TV slowdown, insists BBC comedy chief
A production slump across the TV industry has left comedians struggling to get ideas off the ground, but Radio 4's Julia McKenzie believes audio is the answer.
Rachael Healy, The Observer, 2nd November 2024Rose Matafeo on her scary return to stand-up
She won comedy's top award, reinvented the romcom and now hosts Junior Taskmaster. So why does the New Zealand comic need Buddhist podcasts to get through the day?
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 15th October 2024How Texan stand-up Kemah Bob found freedom in Britain
Their Miss Fortunate show - which takes in bipolar disorder, financial ruin and a shocking scamming in Thailand - will "take the charge paddles to the chest" of a comedy career that began with an eye-gouging.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 14th October 2024