Rachael Healy
- Journalist
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'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 2024Alice Lowe: "I've always gotten mouthy about sexism and it hasn't really helped my career"
The actor-writer-director's new film Timestalker sees her pursue an unsuspecting crush through the centuries. She discusses sexism in the film and TV industry, her dream of being a comedy-horror auteur - and why she's scared of Kristen Stewart.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 4th October 2024It's the way they sell 'em: stand-ups across UK turn to merchandise for extra cash
Edinburgh Fringe acts and theatres are taking a cue from the music business with the sale of branded items to boost profits.
Rachael Healy, The Observer, 1st September 2024The 33 best shows to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
There are more than 3,000 shows taking over the Scottish capital this summer - and these are our picks of what to see.
Rachael Healy, i Newspaper, 2nd August 2024Fringe benefits: 10 of the best shows to catch at this year's Edinburgh festival
From ruminations on life, love and being Keir Starmer to dance-theatre unpacking toxic masculinity, here's our pick of 2024's 'Burgh necessities
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 1st August 2024