Stephen Armstrong
- Reviewer
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A comedian walks into a coronavirus crisis...
For the nation's stand-up comics, jokes about Covid-19 are being delivered through gritted teeth -- for an industry that was the first gig economy, the total shutdown of most comedy venues means the nation's gagsters are short of cash and short of an audience.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 22nd March 2020Interview: Robert Popper
No one is more surprised at the success of the Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner than its creator, Robert Popper.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 19th March 2020Mel and Sue interview
The comedy duo on moving on from The Great British Bake Off to play assassins in Hitmen.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 12th March 2020Youssef Kerkour interview
Home star Youssef Kerkour on why the sitcom's success means he no longer has to play jihadists.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 1st February 2020Armando Iannucci interview
He's changing tack with a space satire and a dynamite Dickens. But the master satirist has always been in the thick of it.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 5th January 2020Interview: London Hughes and Sophie Duker
Since wowing the Edinburgh judges this year, Duker has appeared on Mock the Week and Hughes has landed an NBC sitcom pilot. It's a breakthrough moment that's long overdue.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 8th December 2019Review: Stewart Lee, Leicester Square Theatre, London
The stand-up's new show tears into Ricky Gervais, Jimmy Carr, Fleabag and himself.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 1st December 2019Edinburgh Fringe comedy goes gender-fluid
Did you hear the one about the stand-up comedian's mother-in-law? She's a hard-working lawyer who was really supportive when the kids were born and he's extremely grateful actually.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 11th August 2019Simon Munnery interview
After health issues and a job in a chicken factory, this comic pioneer is back where he belongs.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 28th July 2019Frank Skinner interview
On political comedy, Pernod for breakfast, and his return to stand-up.
Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, 14th July 2019