Show and Tell in association with Sophie Chapman Talent are delighted to announce that one of comedy's greatest talents Rachel Parris is back and preparing to tour the UK and Ireland in 2024 with her brand new show Poise. Tickets go on sale Friday 8th December and are available here.
Poise is set to be Rachel’s biggest live tour to date following her sell out shows All Change Please and It’s Fun To Pretend. This brand new offering is Rachel at her best; a dazzling hour of her signature blend of stand-up and songs. As a comedian and musician Rachel is able to both entertain and engage with her audiences and touches on some of life's most personal and emotional moments but expressed with lightness, occasional acidity and often a catchy refrain!
The BAFTA-nominated comedian is best known for both her viral satirical segments on The Mash Report and Late Night Mash which have had over 100 million views, and as one of the founding cast members of the award-winning improv group Austentatious, who regularly perform to sold out crowds in London’s West End.
Rachel said: “I’m very excited to bring this show to places I’ve never performed before. This show is going to be a love letter to musical comedy – there’ll be standup, there’ll be satire, but I’m going back to where I started – at the piano singing funny songs - it’s what I’m best at, and I can’t wait to meet new audiences across the UK and Ireland and persuade them to sing along. *singing along not compulsory*
Rachel Parris is an award-winning musical comedian, actor, improviser and presenter. She was nominated for BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance and beat Tiffany Haddish, Ellen DeGeneres and Amy Schumer to become Female First’s Comedian of the Year. Her incisive and hilarious segments on hit BBC2 series The Mash Report and as host of Late Night Mash (Dave), have been worldwide viral smash hits all across social media, firmly establishing her as a breakout comedy star.
In 2022, Rachel published her first book Advice From Strangers: Everything I Know From People I Don’t Know, which was praised by Richard Osman as ‘warm witty and wise’. Rachel has appeared on Live At The Apollo (BBC 2), QI (BBC 2), Would I Lie To You (BBC 1), Mock The Week (BBC 2), Hypothetical (Dave), Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), Harry Hill’s Clubnite (C4), The Big Narstie Show (C4), Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC1) and The Graham Norton Show (BBC), as well as hosting Thronecast for Sky and A Girls Guide To TV on BBC2. She is also a regular on popular radio 4 show I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue.
Rachel is a founding member of acclaimed improv show Austentatious, which has toured nationally, enjoyed multiple sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and has a weekly West End residency at the Arts Theatre, recently extended due to demand and booking until July 2024.
Rachel has taken many critically acclaimed solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, London’s Bloomsbury Theatre and Soho Theatre, and on tour. Her last two tours It’s Fun To Pretend (2018-19) and All Change Please (2020-22) were both extended due to popular demand.
As an actor, Rachel has appeared in There She Goes (BBC 4), Trying (Apple TV) Plebs (ITV 2), Revolting (BBC 2), The IT Crowd (C4), Count Arthur Song (BBC 1), Murder In Successville (BBC 3) and Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC 3).
RACHEL PARRIS: 2024 TOUR
APRIL 2024
20-Apr Bristol Old Vic - ON SALE 11TH DECEMBER
25-Apr Hayes Beck
26-Apr Swindon Wyvern
MAY 2024
01-May Glasgow Oran Mor
02-May Dundee Whitehall Theatre
03-May Aberdeen Tivoli Theatre
16-May Bournemouth Ballroom
17-May Ilfracombe Landmark Theatre
18-May Exeter Northcott
30-May Leicester Y Theatre
JUNE 2024
02-Jun Cardiff Glee
06-Jun Lincoln New Theatre Royal
07-Jun Peterborough New Theatre
09-Jun Bath Komedia
12-Jun Sheffield Leadmill
13-Jun Leeds City Varieties
14-Jun Lancaster Dukes
SEPTEMBER 2024
13-Sep Cambridge Corn Exchange
15-Sep Canterbury Marlowe - ON SALE 21ST DECEMBER
18-Sep Cheltenham Town Hall
19-Sep Reading Hexagon
27-Sep Northampton Derngate
29-Sep Nottingham Theatre Royal
OCTOBER 2024
03-Oct Cork Everyman
04-Oct Dublin Liberty Hall - ON SALE 13TH DECEMBER
05-Oct Belfast Limelight
09-Oct St Albans Alban Arena
10-Oct Birmingham Town Hall
11-Oct Liverpool St George's Hall
12-Oct York Grand Opera House
16-Oct Manchester Albert Hall - ON SALE SOON
17-Oct Guildford G Live
18-Oct Southend Palace
20-Oct Brighton Theatre Royal
Picture by Karla Gowlett
