British Comedy Guide
Sam Simmons
Sam Simmons

Sam Simmons

  • 47 years old
  • Australian
  • Writer, stand-up comedian and actor

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7 Southport Comedy Festival shows you shouldn't miss

Southport Comedy Festival brings plenty of laughs when it opens in the resort this week.

Liverpool Echo, 11th October 2016

Sam Simmons interview

From Dr Seuss to his 'pure evil' mother, the 2015 Edinburgh award-winner reveals what makes him laugh the most.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 23rd September 2016

The finest comedy of autumn 2016

Brexit, starting over, a honey-selling scam and karaoke with chickens ... these are the concerns of the big names in comedy this autumn.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st September 2016

Ten must see Edinburgh Fringe shows I still need to see

It must be a good Fringe, we are halfway through and my list of must-see shows is now longer than it was when I arrived. Here's a run down of shows I'm still determined to find the time to see. In, I should add, no particular order.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th August 2016

Edinburgh Fringe | 2016 Sam Simmons

From the brain that brought you millionaire cats eating Viennetta, gypsy cuddles and nanna wanks, comes a brand new hour of mind-blending internal self-hatred, paranoia and comedy - because you have to put comedy in it.

The Huffington Post, 2nd August 2016

50 must-see comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe (Link expired)

Here at WOW 247 we've pooled together our comedy brains to pick out a whopping 50 shows we think make a good starting point for any Fringe adventurer.

Matthew Dunne-Miles, Finlay Greig and Craig Leiper, WOW247, 2nd August 2016

Happy feet: matching socks with their Fringe performer

Comedian and renowned sockspert Arthur Smith attempts the improbable.

Arthur Smith, The List, 27th July 2016

2016 comedy picks

Who will be funniest at this year's Fringe? Ben Williams selects the best of the bunch.

Ben Williams, Fest Mag, 16th July 2016

BBC Three publishes new Top Ten series

BBC Three has launched a new online web series in which comedians list their 'Top Tens' on a subject of their choosing. Additionally, it is inviting fans to submit their own lists.

British Comedy Guide, 14th July 2016

@elevenish - bonkers, biting, brilliant

Offbeat TV comedy has been in the doldrums since the likes of The Mighty Boosh, but a strange new show called @elevenish may just change all that.

Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 11th May 2016

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