Artists and Comedians
Rachel Paris
London
Rachel Parris is an award-winning musical comedian, actor and improviser.
As a comedian, she has won critical acclaim for her solo shows which have run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Soho Theatre London and on national tours, with the latest, Best Laid Plans, being awarded Best Musical Comedy Show (Whats On London), Best Jokes of the Fringe (Telegraph) nominated for Best Show 2016 (Funny Women) and recommended as a Pick of the Fringe by the Guardian who described it as “Beautifully crafted and performed...tears of laughter“.
She is also an experienced improviser, and is a founding member of the award-winning improv comedy smash hit Austentatious, which is resident at the Leicester Square Theatre in London and is just finishing it´s third UK tour, and she has improvised with The Beau Zeaux, The Bishop, Monkey Toast and the Comedy Store Players.
On stage she has acted in the popular comedy show Death Ship 666 at the Jermyn Street Theatre, and most recently in 30 Christmases at the Old Fire Station in Oxford, alongside Jonny Donohoe.
She has made several appearances on BBC Radio 4 and BBC 6 Music, most recently in The Now Show, and on TV, she appeared in the highly anticipated IT Crowd Special on Channel 4, which was nominated in the Bafta Awards. Rachel presented the Game of Thrones fanshow, Thronecast, on Sky Atlantic and she appeared in BBC2´s Murder In Successville and satirical sketch show Revolting which is currently airing on BBC 2.
