Rhys Darby
- Actor and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Rhys Darby reveals 2025 UK tour
Kiwi comic and actor Rhys Darby has announced his return to comedy in the UK with a 2025 tour.
British Comedy Guide, 14th November 2024James Acaster and Rose Matafeo join Spike Milligan's Badjelly cast
James Acaster, Rose Matafeo, Jo Brand, Tim Key, Colin Hoult and Richard O'Brien are among those voicing Badjelly, the forthcoming animated television adaptation of Spike Milligan's children's story, joining Miriam Margolyes, Rhys Darby, Julian Barratt, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Roisin Conaty, Katherine Parkinson and Joe Wilkinson in the 13-part series.
British Comedy Guide, 15th October 2024Spike Milligan's Badjelly The Witch being made into animated TV series
Spike Milligan's children's story Badjelly The Witch: A Fairy Story is being turned into an animated television series 50 years after he wrote it. An all-star comedy cast is led by Miriam Margolyes and also features Rhys Darby, Julian Barratt, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Roisin Conaty, Katherine Parkinson and Joe Wilkinson.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd November 2023No Such Thing As A Fish to stream 20-hour long show
QI researchers are to air a mammoth 20-hour version of their hit podcast No Such Thing As A Fish for Comic Relief.
Chortle, 3rd March 2021Channel 4's new Comedy Blaps for December 2017
Channel 4 has made four new shows for its Comedy Blaps pilots strand. The episodes star Rhys Darby, Rufus Jones, Felicity Ward, Morgana Robinson and more.
British Comedy Guide, 21st December 2017The stars who made it big at the Edinburgh Fringe
'I saw them long before they became famous' is a common Fringe-goer's boast. But, as Fiona Shepherd discovers, there's a good reason for that.
Fiona Shepherd, The Scotsman, 8th July 2017Everest comedy gig postponed
The stand-up gig planned to take place on Everest next month has been postponed. Rhys Darby, Craig Campbell, Glenn Wool, Tommy Tiernan and Ardal O'Hanlon are now scheduled to leave London on September 22, 2015.
Chortle, 17th August 2014Review: Rhys Darby comedy review
Flight of the Conchords man Rhys Darby's onstage anecdotes are vivid and energetically delivered but he still runs into a few too many dead ends.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 24th July 2014Rhys Darby review
Mr Adventure is the closest Rhys Darby has come to straight stand-up for some time, putting his overt physicality and silly sound effects to the background in favour of a handful of stories from real life, even if they are given a fantastical spin for good, comic measure.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th July 2014Rhys Darby interview
From the misty mountains of Rwanda to the eerie shores of Loch Ness, Rhys has devoted the last couple of years to some extensive globe-trotting. Now he's back, with a packed chest of stories.
The Bristol Post, 11th July 2014