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Comedy: the best stand-up gigs and tours in autumn 2015
Profiles of the shows from Kevin Bridges, Mark Thomas, Sam Simmons, Katherine Ryan, Trevor Noah, Joseph Morpurgo, Harry & Paul, Kieran Hodgson, Vic & Bob, Bridget Christie, Daphne and Sara Pascoe.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th September 2015Where to find Edinburgh award-winning comedy in London
The last month hasn't been much of a laugh in London with most comedians on their annual pilgrimage to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Londoners can now see Sam Simmons for themselves when he sidles into Soho Theatre later in the month.
Ben Venables, Londonist, 4th September 2015Sam Simmons - my part in his Foster's victory?
When Sam Simmons won this year's Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award on Saturday I was delighted for him. Simmons had been nominated twice before, which meant that to persuade the judges to vote for him he had to improve on previous shows. And he clearly did it with Spaghetti For Breakfast, a veritable maelstrom of zany thoughts, madcap ideas and zippy observations.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 31st August 2015Edinburgh Comedy Award winners 2015
Sam Simmons and Sofie Hagen are the winners of the 2015 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 29th August 2015Sam Simmons wins Edinburgh Comedy Award 2015
Sam Simmons has won the 2015 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show. Sofie Hagen was named Best Newcomer and Karen Koren's Gilded Balloon won the Panel Prize.
British Comedy Guide, 29th August 2015Ones to watch
Alice Jones selects Shappi Khorsandi, Sam Simmons and Tom Parry as her shows to watch.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 21st August 2015Spotlight: Sam Simmons
Hallo !! it is great pleasure and privlige to interview Sam Simmonsp.o[ :; an exelent surreal comedy man from australia ,and this year his edimbrugh show is called "spaghetti for breakfast" . already this is briliant idea !
Fringe Dog, The Skinny, 17th August 2015Modern comedy too sanitised? A strange thing to say...
Comedian Sam Simmons's rant against 'relatable' comics in his Edinburgh show does both him and the festival a disservice.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 17th August 2015Interview: Sam Simmons - Spaghetti for Breakfast
'They'd say, "oh, the stuff you do, it's weird, it makes no sense". It makes total sense for me, and this is why I do absurd comedy.'
Neil Cooper, The List, 24th July 2015Doctor Brown: 'Comedy? It's a big word, dude.'
Doctor Brown, the alter ego of American comic Phil Burgers, on playing the idiot with Sam Simmons, watching his audiences walk out and how he never set out to be a comedian.
Paul Fleckney, The Guardian, 20th January 2015