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Rachel Aroesti

  • Journalist

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Alma's Not Normal review

Pretty much the perfect comedy.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 7th October 2024

Funny Woman Series 2 review

Gemma Arterton is tediously perfect.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 6th September 2024

Inside No. 9: Boo To A Goose review

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have been making these ingenious, heartstopping chillers for a decade now - and the final series kicks off with perhaps the most meaningful episode yet.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 8th May 2024

"People think I'm a real MP": satirist Rosie Holt on life as a fake viral politician

Her Tory parody videos shot her to fame online in 2020. As her skits go on stage, she talks about her path into comedy and what a Labour win would mean for her act.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 8th April 2024

The stand-ups turning their autism into a comedy superpower

From Fern Brady to Hannah Gadsby, a host of comedians have discovered that they have autism. What is it about stand-up that lends itself so well to neurodivergent people?

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 15th March 2024

Tom Basden on risque writing, sitcom gold and casting Carey Mulligan

His BBC One series Here We Go has single-handedly revived the family sitcom genre, and Hollywood stars love his short films. Might he be one of Britain's most versatile comedy writers?

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 1st February 2024

'We just can't do serious': gross-out comedy Such Brave Girls and the sister stars who wrote it

It's been called the Pulling for Gen Z, an extreme comedy about debt, death, sex and slippers. The sisters who star in the deliciously dark new show reveal how they mined their chaotic lives for belly laughs.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 21st November 2023

Lou Sanders: 'It blows my mind that people still don't want to believe women'

Off the heels of publishing a memoir, the star of Taskmaster and Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable discusses unhappy readers, deleting Twitter, and outing Russell Brand.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 6th October 2023

Starstruck review

Rose Matafeo's romcom ditches the love story (and is better than ever).

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 28th August 2023

Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry review

The dullest celebrity travel show of all time.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 14th August 2023

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