Welcome back to It Pays the Bills! Today’s guest is Steph Darcey, a London-based actor, singer, and writer, who took inspiration from her job turning the dials for autocue and turned it into a hilarious political comedy about AMEXA: The Robot Politician.
A bit about Steph:
Steph Darcey is an actor, writer, singer, improviser & comedian. Steph recently performed her debut comedy show ‘Prototype’ (a 60 min political comedy about AMEXA: The Robot Politician) at The Old Red Lion Theatre and The Museum of Comedy, as part of The Camden Fringe, for which she received multiple 4.5-star and 4-star reviews, as well as a London Pub Theatre Standing Ovation Award nomination. ‘Prototype’ has been described by reviewers as a ‘must see’, and ‘an original and deeply layered satire’ (London Pub Theatres), praised for her ‘phenomenal writing’ by London Theatre Reviews and ‘first class’ acting from Fringe Review. ‘Prototype’ is coming to Greenwich Theatre as part of their ‘Picks of the fringes’ programme on Thursday 17th October at 7.30pm. Earlier this year Steph wrote for and performed in the world's longest running live comedy show ‘NewsRevue’, (the topical sketch & musical comedy show), at the Canal Cafe Theatre. You can find her comedy sketches online too (Insta: @StephDarcey & TikTok: @Steph.Darcey). Her training includes character comedy & improvisation at The Groundlings in Los Angeles (notable alumni include Will Ferrell, Melissa McCarthy & Kristen Wiig) as well as The Actors Class, London & The National Youth Theatre.
