Amy Matthews
- English
- Actor, writer, comedian, stand-up comedian and academic
Press clippings
Comedy Central Live returning to television in 2025
Comedy Central Live is returning to linear television next year, with sets from Chris McCausland, Judi Love and Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner Amy Gledhill among others.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd December 2024Richard Gadd tops The List magazine's Hot 100
Richard Gadd has been placed in the top spot of The List's Hot 100, a rundown of people who have made a mark on Scotland's cultural scene over the last 12 months. Other comics to appear in the list include Susie McCabe, Ashley Storrie and Ray Bradshaw.
British Comedy Guide, 28th November 2024Fringe accommodation: drunk landlords, blow-up beds and £5k bills
Finding suitable Fringe accommodation can be a challenge. Some of this year's performers share their formative experiences.
Andrew Eaton-Lewis, The Scotsman, 1st August 2024Funny At The Fringe - Amy Matthews: Commute With The Foxes
"It's about the transformative nature of context."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 12th July 2024Down The Foxhole: Interview with Amy Matthews
Back at the Edinburgh Fringe for her second year, Amy Matthews chats to Katerina Partolina Schwartz about her new hour, Commute With The Foxes in all of its lightness and sparkeliness.
Katerina Partolina Schwartz, Broadway Baby, 1st July 2024NextUp publishes 7 new stand-up specials
Specials from Alistair Barrie, Jo Griffin, Ollie Horn, Charlie Baker, Amy Matthews, Jason Byrne and Lulu Popplewell are now available on streaming platform NextUp.
British Comedy Guide, 8th May 2024Kate Hammer on comedy not yet being a fully welcoming space for women: "It's not a healed community"
After last year's revelations about Russell Brand, it seemed as though the comedy world was having its own #MeToo moment. We speak to a number of acts at this year's Glasgow International Comedy Festival and ask whether anything has actually changed to make the circuit a safer space for women.
Isy Santini, The List, 11th March 2024Comedy Central Live Series 3 line-up revealed
Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Susie McCabe and Dane Baptiste are among the stand-ups to be showcased in the third series of Comedy Central Live, with Athena Kugblenu, Pierre Novellie, Dan Tiernan, Rachel Fairburn, Josh Jones, Harriet Kemsley, Ignacio Lopez, Ken Cheng, Kemah Bob and Finlay Christie also featuring.
British Comedy Guide, 5th December 2023Fern Brady & fellow comedians dominate The List magazine's Hot 100
Comedians dominate Scottish culture magazine The List's Hot 100 creative movers and shakers, with Fern Brady in the number 2 position, Marjolein Robertson at 3 and Kieran Hodgson at 9.
British Comedy Guide, 30th November 2023What do you think - or hope - the Edinburgh Fringe will look like in ten years' time?
We ask comedians their views...
Chortle, 11th August 2023