LARA RICOTE
Lara Ricote is a Mexican-American-Venezuelan stand up comedian and writer whose debut show, GRL/LATNX/DEF, won the Best Newcomer Award at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The year before that, she won the 2021 Funny Stage Women Award.
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Since starting to work in the UK in 2021, she’s been on Mel Giedroyc’s Unforgivable, Question Team, QI, Alan Davies' As Of Yet Untitled, Comedy Central Live, World’s Most Dangerous Roads and Live at the Apollo. She has performed all over the UK, Europe and Argentina. She performs in both Spanish and in English.
She’s currently based in Amsterdam, NL where she produces/performs comedy. There, she’s opened for Maria Bamford and Hannah Gadsby.
The Guardian describes her as a “razor-sharp goofball,” and her debut show as a “riotously inventive show that blurs notions of race, gender and disability.”
CREDITS
TV / Radio
Live at the Apollo
World's Most Dangerous Roads
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Live At The Moth Club
The Really Rude Puppet Show
Spooky Shit
Question Team
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Comedy Central Live
Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza
Pete and Sam's Reality News
BBC Two
Dave
Dave
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Channel 4
Audible
Dave
Dave
Comedy Central
UKTV
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E4
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Performer
2023
2023
2023
2022
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2021
Live
GRL/LATNX/DEF
Comedy Embassy
Boom Chicago
easylaughs
Mezrab House of Stories
La Risa Dam
Edinburgh / Soho Theatre
House Comedian
Improv House Team
Improv Cast
Storyteller
Producer
Writer / Performer
Writer / Performer
Writer / Performer
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2022
2021
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MEDIA
PRESS/AWARDS
Awards:
WINNER: DAVE EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD FOR BEST NEWCOMER 2022
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WINNER: FUNNY WOMEN AWARD 2021
Reviews for GRL/LATNX/DEF:
★ ★ ★ ★ "One word for Lara Ricote: Wow! ... An electric presence for funny, sparkly, self-deprecating stories..."
CHORTLE
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★ ★ ★ ★ "Lara Ricote’s exhilarating hour of dark humour is a pleasure to watch."
TIME OUT
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★ ★ ★ ★ "Lara Ricote is a ball of energy that manages to brighten even the dark and sticky room that is The Hive nightclub. But don’t let that fool you into thinking she’s all sweetness and light: Ricote has a wicked dark streak that often befits the room she’s performing in."
THE SKINNY
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★ ★ ★ ★ "Ricote is unquestionably a star. "
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CONTACT
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Manager: Bríd Kirby
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Live Work: Sojo McKenzie
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