Rachel Parris
Birthday: 1984-05-27 Place of Birth: Leicester, England
Synopsis
Rachel Parris is an award-winning musical comedian, actress and improviser. Her songs have been played on BBC Radio 4 and BBC 6 Music, and she has enjoyed three highly successful solo Edinburgh runs. Rachel was named The Independent’s One To Watch 2014, and was nominated for a Chortle award. As an improviser, she has performed with The Comedy Store Players, The Oxford Imps, The Beau Zeaux, Scenes From Communal Living and The Bishop, as well as guesting with Grand Theft Impro and at The PIT and the Magnet in New York. She has appeared on Channel 4’s The IT Crowd and in BBC Three’s Murder in Successville, and presented Thronecast on Sky Atlantic. She also hosts the popular Throneroom podcast
Acting
Late Night Mash
Up-to-the-minute topical insights and fake news reports.
A Girl's Guide To TV
Rachel Parris's comic guide to how women can get ahead in television "despite their bodies teeming with pesky oestrogen". Using a plethora of archive footage - some odd, some plain alarming - Rachel explains to women (and probably a few men) just how they can be successful appearing on, and working in, television.
The Mash Report
Satirical and surreal news show. Nish Kumar and a cast of hilarious correspondents keep you up to date with everything that has happened - or not happened - this week.
Murder in Successville
Each week Successville's loveable detective, D.I Sleet, enlists the help of a celebrity sidekick to solve the latest high-profile murder in this improvised comedy murder mystery series.
