"Born in London in 1982, Cariad Lloyd is a comedian, actor and podcaster. She met comedian and musician Rachel Parris, born in Leicester in 1984, through improv comedy. Along with six other comedians, they formed Austentatious. The show is an improvised Jane Austen novel, based on an audience's suggestion for a title, and is currently on at the Vaudeville theatre in London."
"I met Rachel through the comedian Amy Cooke-Hodgson, who one day said to me, Rachel Parris is thinking of doing Jane Austen improv, are you interested? I assumed it was a stage name. Rachel Parris? With two Rs? I nearly didn't go, thinking it might all be bullshit. But as soon as I walked into the rehearsal room and watched the group improvising, I realised they were brilliant."
"Rachel and I gelled straight away. We were both obsessed with the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and wanted to make our own version. She was happy to talk about ribbons, dresses and boys, and in many ways we formed a Lizzy and Jane dynamic. I'm very mischievous, sometimes filthy, whereas she's beautiful and believes in magic. Jane is boring sometimes Rachel isn't, she's very funny but she's also taught me how to be a bit classier with my comedic choices."
Cariad Lloyd, born in London in 1982, is a comedian, actor and podcaster. Rachel Parris, born in Leicester in 1984, is a comedian and musician. They met through improv comedy and, with six other performers, formed Austentatious, an improvised Jane Austen novel created from audience-suggested titles, now playing at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. Cariad hosts the podcast Griefcast and co-hosts Weirdos Book Club. Rachel worked on The Mash Report and will publish Introducing Mrs Collins: A Pride and Prejudice Novel on 6 November. Their stage chemistry contrasts a mischievous, cheeky performer with a more romantic, classically romantic partner.
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