British Comedy Guide
Rose Matafeo
Rose Matafeo

Rose Matafeo

  • 32 years old
  • From New Zealand
  • Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and director

Press clippings Page 10

BBC Three's Starstruck is a sweet and funny romcom

It's a bit like Fleabag, only minus the self-loathing, the existential angst and, most noticeably, the Hot Priest.

Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 30th April 2021

Rose Matafeo interview

Rose Matafeo on Starstruck, fangirling and the romcom renaissance.

Caitlin Danaher, Royal Television Society, 30th April 2021

Rose Matafeo remembers heckler's Ginger Spice insult

"I expect that I should get more hecklers, but I never did until this gig"

Will Richards, NME, 30th April 2021

Starstruck review

Though it is sometimes too ready to stoop for cheap laughs, Starstruck will leave you yearning to know if Tom and Jessie get back together.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 27th April 2021

Matafeo: ban male comics from doing #MeToo material

"I'm sick of seeing sensitive men being like, 'What can we do? What can we DO? Apart from write an hour show about it... what can we DO?'"

Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard, 27th April 2021

Rose Matafeo on filming new romcom series in lockdown

Rose Matafeo came to a horrible realisation while filming her new romcom series.

Stevie Gallacher, The Sunday Post, 26th April 2021

Starstruck: an early contender for comedy of the year

The first TV show from the Edinburgh Comedy Award winner is manna from heaven for millennial rom-com fans.

Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard, 25th April 2021

Starstruck - Matafeo stars in millennial fairytail

Co-written by the stand-up and Alice Snedden, this series about a struggling twentysomething who has a one-night stand with a film star is both improbable and rather enjoyable.

Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 25th April 2021

Rose Matafeo interview

The comedian opens up on modern dating, periods, sex and her new sitcom Starstruck.

Harvey Day, BBC, 25th April 2021

Starstruck, BBC3, review

A screwball romcom full of chemistry.

Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 25th April 2021

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