Rachel Parris features
Austentatious Q&A with Rachel Parris
Wednesday 6th November 2024
Rachel Parris talks about how she first got into the world of comedy, the inspiration behind the creation of the Austentatious shows and one of the improv group's most memorable scenes.
Musical Comedy Awards 2023 finalists
Monday 20th March 2023
Peter Bazely, Will BF, The Gorgeous Diva, Amelia Hamilton, Christian Jegard, Eddy MacKenzie, Annabel Marlow, Nikola McMurtrie, Selena Mersey, Su Mi, Katie Norris and Tasmin Sarkany will take part in the 2023 WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards on 31st March.
Just For Laughs festival, London - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary
Tuesday 7th March 2023
Organisers of London's Just For Laughs festival are aiming for the event to eventually become "the UK's most recognised comedy festival". With a debut line-up that included Graham Norton, James Acaster, Aisling Bea and Nish Kumar, Mark Muldoon sizes up just how likely that's looking...
Pictures of comedians as kids
Thursday 12th November 2020
Take a look at this set of brilliant pictures of comedians when they were little.
Funny Women and Comedy 50:50 launch new award
Monday 29th June 2020
Funny Women and Comedy 50:50 are launching a new industry award to recognise the female writers of unscripted comedy, for example those who supply gags to panel shows.
This year's biggest Edinburgh show: Prom Night
Sunday 22nd July 2018
The biggest comedy show at this year's Fringe looks set to be Max & Ivan's Prom Night. Comedians set to play characters at the real prom will include Dara O Briain, Nina Conti, Jason Byrne, Angelos Epithemiou and Rachel Parris.
Latitude 2018 Report
Thursday 19th July 2018
Latitude is the ultimate outdoor arts festival (with lots of decent music too) - this year with added dust and band-dissing. Big names wandering about onstage and off, new comic discoveries, Dr Buckles DJing, pink sheep and green ants - it was quite a weekend.
Thirty Christmases: Yule Laugh, Yule Cry
Monday 18th December 2017
Jonny Donahoe - from Jonny and the Baptists - and Rachel Parris explain why festive show Thirty Christmases isn't all glitter and tinsel.