Rachel Parris: ‘Standup would have terrified me – the piano was a good comfort blanket’
The comic on hecklers, pre-show rituals, Jane Austen puns and her childhood heroes
September 2022
Sunday with Rachel Parris: ‘There’s a class divide in how my husband cooks the meat’
The comedian on bacon butties, daytime TV and church bribes
August 2022
Rachel Parris review – the smiling assassin gets up close and personal
In her show All Change Please it’s marriage, not politics, that’s at the heart of the Mash Report satirist’s finest jokes
July 2022
‘I’ve come to say thank you’: big names return to support Edinburgh fringe
Comedians such as Omid Djalili and Rachel Parris are back after festival’s tough two years due to Covid
December 2020
Robin Ince's 24-hour carnival of comics, comets and the Cure
From Harry Hill to Helen Sharman, Ince’s Christmas mashup of comedy, science and music – Nine Lessons and Carols for Socially Distanced People – reached dizzy heights
August 2020
Lockdown culture
Forecast is funny: the best comedy shows to stream this summer
The Edinburgh fringe may have been cancelled but there are plenty of online gigs to enjoy featuring Dane Baptiste, Ivo Graham, Sarah Millican and more
July 2020
On my radar
On my radar: Rachel Parris on her cultural highlights
The comedian and Mash Report star on Lemn Sissay’s memoir, Tank and the Bangas’ mindblowing hip-hop, and a very weird podcast
August 2018
Autumn arts preview 2018
Dazzling drama: the unmissable theatre, dance and comedy of autumn 2018
Gender-swapped classics, Hans Christian Andersen’s closet secrets, two giants of US comedy sharing a stage, plus Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo as rulers in love
June 2018
The Mash Report's Rachel Parris: 'There was a lot of excitement and fury'
The whip-smart comic talks about mocking Piers Morgan and Donald Trump, mixing scorn with good cheer and moving from songs to satire
December 2017
Christmas culture 2017
Comedians on how to banish festive fear and have a better Christmas
From faking illness to binning Brexit chat, standups including Rachel Parris, Milton Jones and Phil Wang share advice on taking the hassle out of the holidays
August 2016
Rachel Parris review – laughing in the face of depression
Edinburgh festival 2016: the shows we recommend
June 2015
'The staff are like gin-pouring ninjas': standups pick the best comedy clubs
Comedians including Stephen K Amos, Rachel Parris and Phil Wang choose the venues with the mightiest MCs and perkiest punters (one heckling dog included)
April 2015
Comedy heroes
Rachel Parris on Tim Minchin: ‘Man, he can play that piano!’
Comedy songwriting is not as easy as it looks. Minchin can turn you into a chortling, weeping mess when he performs
October 2014
This week’s new live comedy
James Acaster | David O’Doherty | Rachel Parris
August 2013
Rachel Parris – Edinburgh festival 2013 review
Behind this talented musical comedian's wholesome, naive facade, a story emerges of a woman on the verge of cracking up, writes Brian Logan
