Sue Perkins
- 55 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer, comedian and presenter
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Sue Perkins records audio description for Dungeons & Dragons movie
Sue Perkins has recorded audio description for new film Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves.
British Comedy Guide, 14th March 2023Just For Laughs London, review
It's a tough job launching a comedy festival in London, given the the city has hundreds of gigs a week anyway. Where Just For Laughs absolutely dominates downtown Montreal for a couple of weeks in July, you could easily be in London and be entirely unaware it was on.
Chortle, 6th March 2023Bleak Expectations stage play gets West End run
Dickensian pastiche Bleak Expectations, a Radio 4 hit from 2007, is to take to the West End stage this summer with a run of headline guest stars.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2023Sue Perkins on the art of comedy, extreme anxiety and her new Kiwi show
Sue Perkins tells Greg Bruce about what brought her to Auckland and why her life's sometimes no joke.
Greg Bruce, The New Zealand Herald, 5th February 2023Sue Perkins reveals ADHD diagnosis
Sue Perkins has revealed has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The former Great British Bake Off host, 53, made the revelations in a response to a Twitter post by Gomez guitarist Tom Gray, who admitted that he was 'creeping' towards his own diagnosis of the disorder.
Sharing her own experience, Sue told Tom that once she had been diagnosed, 'everything made sense' to her.
Niomi Harris, Daily Mail, 8th January 2023Derry Girls stars drive World's Most Dangerous Roads for Dave
Dave has revived World's Most Dangerous Roads, with pairings in eight hour-long episodes including Derry Girls stars Saoirse-Monica Jackson and Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, stand-ups Ed Gamble and Lou Sanders, Joe Wilkinson and Zoe Lyons, Suzi Ruffell and Maisie Adam, Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie, Darren Harriott and Ria Lina, as well as Lara Ricote with Stephen Mangan and Will Mellor with Leigh Francis.
British Comedy Guide, 7th November 2022Ten Edinburgh theatre shows about comedians
Kicking off our annual series of features, each previewing ten shows from the thousands at the Edinburgh Fringe next month, with a selection based around the art of comedy and those who perform it, real and fictional, and first-hand...
Chortle, 18th July 2022Sue Perkins apologises for sharing false claims about MP
Sue Perkins is one of a number of high-profile Twitter users forced to apologise to Conservative MP Brendan Clarke-Smith for sharing false claims about a photograph of him, taken more than a decade ago.
Order Order, 12th July 2022Comedians celebrate 'brutal' Rwanda flights being grounded
Celebrities have condemned the "brutal, stupid and damaging" actions of the Government amid the ongoing legal battle to deport migrants to Rwanda. A plane due to take several individuals to Rwanda was grounded on Tuesday night after last-minute interventions by the European Court of Human Rights.
Comedians Frankie Boyle, Simon Brodkin and Sue Perkins were among those to comment on the controversial policy.
Aden-Jay Wood, GB News, 15th June 2022Sue Perkins on womens rights
Sue Perkins has said that "communities are unsustainable" when they are based on the sense that "women are not equal". She added that change needs to start at an educational level and extend to policing and the legal system.
The Irish News, 11th October 2021