Aaron Simmonds
- Stand-up comedian
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New Edinburgh Fringe shows go on sale
A new batch of Fringe shows at the Pleasance, including Dane Baptiste, Paul Merton, NewsRevue and Wizard Presents, are now on sale.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th February 2020Aaron Simmonds interview
"I can accept my limits but I'll push against them": Aaron Simmonds on ambition and identity.
Rohan Banerjee, The New Statesman, 11th October 2019NextUp films Edinburgh shows for release
This year NextUp filmed 14 shows including those of Zoe Lyons, Esther Manito, Ashley Storrie, Juliette Burton, Bec Hill, Robin Morgan, Edd Hedges, Daniel Wye, Anesti Danelis and Aaron Simmonds.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th August 2019The funniest thing that ever happened to you a funeral
Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions.
Chortle, 23rd August 2019Have you ever been too shy to speak to a hero you met?
Fringe comedians answer another of Richard Herring's Emergency Questions.
Chortle, 20th August 2019Who was the biggest prick at your school?
Another from Richard Herring's stock of Emergency Questions
Chortle, 16th August 20198 white dues worth seeing at the 2019 Fringe
Anyone who has ever read a listicle in Chortle will have a decent impression of how white and male comedy is as an industry. It can be difficult, when faced with such overwhelming hegemony, to tell which shows are going to be brilliant compared to the ones that are just someone complaining about living life on easy mode.
Blizzard Comedy, 12th August 2019Nightmare audience members
We asked performers going to the Fringe who they would least like to see in the audience of their show...
British Comedy Guide, 10th August 2019+3 interview: Aaron Simmonds: Disabled Coconut
"I still have not worked out why everything in Edinburgh is uphill! It's like an Escher painting."
Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 29th July 2019Could you be the Jewish Comedian of the Year?
Think you're funnier than most other Jews? Put your money where your mouth is at JW3.
Keren David, The Jewish Chronicle, 2nd July 2018