Rachel E Thorn
- English
- Actor, writer and improviser
Press clippings
BCG Pro Talent Awards Writing 2024 winners
Helen Price has won the BCG Pro Talent Awards for Writing 2024, with Christopher Stanners, Chris Ballard and Vicky Richards the runners-up. Hattie Harrison is the winner in the Starter category.
British Comedy Guide, 26th November 2024Funny At The Fringe - interview - Sketch Up!
"It's a sketch show, so I definitely wanted 'sketch' in the title. I like the way it sounds like it means something but actually doesn't, kinda like Kodak or Coldplay!"
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 3rd July 202350 £2k awards announced from the £100k 'Keep It Fringe Fund'
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the recipients of the 'Keep it Fringe' fund, a new initiative to support Fringe artists, led by Fringe Society President Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd April 2023BCG Pro Talent Awards Writing 2022 winners
Keir MacKenzie has won the BCG Pro Talent Awards for Writing 2022, with Rachel E Thorn, Mikey Jackson, Katy Swainston and writing partnership Trevor Rudge & Simon Paul Miller the runners up. Dan Payne is the winner in the Starter category.
British Comedy Guide, 16th December 2022Funny At The Fringe - interview - Sex, Lies and Improvisation
Sex, Lies & Improvisation is a dark comedy about why we lie to the people we love.
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 2nd July 2022Rachel Thorn interview
We talk about Rachel's early memories of performing, styles of improv and much more.
Phoenix Remix, 4th May 2022Q&A with Fringe performer Rachel E Thorn
"Making people literally yelp with laughter is just magical"
Chortle, 19th August 2021Review: Sketch Up! not at the Leicester Comedy Festival
Instead of old man yells at cloud, this review starts with young-ish man shakes fist at Covid. These sketches, the work of Sheffield based Rachel E. Thorn and produced by Melanie Crawley and Gerard Fletcher were to be performed this month at the Leicester Comedy Festival, and it sure would have been fun to go see them in action.
James of Walsh, Phoenix Remix, 4th February 2021Review: Lovefool
This one-woman show is an insightful piece of writing with some very clever comedy. Rachel E Thorn effortlessly brings her world of characters to life as she puzzles out where her future lies.
Phoenix Remix, 1st October 2020Sex, Lies & Improvisation review
Sex, Lies & Improvisation is a fine example of the craft of improvisation and the development of a gripping story. The play makes a smooth transition from live to online format and is well worth catching.
David Cunningham, British Theatre Guide, 22nd August 2020