Simon Amstell
- 44 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director and stand-up comedian
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Simon Amstell: Spirit Hole (WiP 2021) review
As a tease for his forthcoming tour starting in September, this couldn't be more tantalising.
Clownster, 31st May 2021Simon Amstell announces 2021 tour
Spirit Hole covers 'love, sex, shame, mushrooms and more'.
Chortle, 13th April 2021Latitude is cancelled
This year's Latitude Festival has officially been cancelled. The event was due to be held at Henham Park in Suffolk over the weekend of July 16 to 19th.
Chortle, 27th April 2020Simon Amstell, Netflix review
Who knew in the early days of his career, when Simon Amstell was taking the mick out of celebrities on Popworld and then Never Mind the Buzzcocks, that he would turn into one of the cleverest comics of his generation, with a special talent for making existential angst funny? And now the latest of his amusing navel-gazing stand-up shows is Set Free (recorded late last year).
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 14th April 2020Line up for Bristol Comedy Garden revealed
This year's Bristol Comedy Garden returns to Queen Square (June 3rd-7th) for a ninth edition of the South West's biggest comedy festival.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th March 2020How Never Mind the Buzzcocks went out of tune
Over 28 series, the panel show's anarchic spirit gave way to punching down and diminishing returns.
Danny Wright, The Guardian, 24th February 2020Streaming with laughter: 50 best stand-up comedy shows
From Bill Hicks to Hannah Gadsby, Dave Chappelle to Josie Long - here are 50 specials you can watch right now.
Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Ellen E Jones, Brian Logan and Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 22nd February 2020The 50 best comedians of the 21st century
Steve Coogan is the funniest Brit, coming second on the list, with American Tina Fey coming first. Once again, in a mirroring of a Channel 4 poll in 2007, Stewart Lee came 41st.
Hannah J Davies, Paul Fleckney, Harriet Gibsone, Brian Logan and Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 18th September 2019Simon Amstell: Set Free review
With Set Free, Simon Amstell delivers a fine-tuned hour of existential, introspective comedy that at once emphasises the nonsensical nature of modern life whilst finding joy, and freedom, in the chaos.
Harry Bunting, Entertainment Focus, 21st August 2019Simon Amstell interview
The comic has been on a journey of therapy, ayahuasca and love. Now he's back with Set Free, a Netflix special that's his most personal show yet.
Daniel Welsh, The Huffington Post, 18th August 2019