Sam Nicoresti
Sam Nicoresti

Sam Nicoresti

  • Director and comedian

Press clippings

Tim Harding's comedy diary

Call me an auteurist, but there's something quite satisfying about a takeover event, where a particular artist or group commandeers a venue for a bit to put on a run of shows.

Tim Harding, Chortle, 8th March 2024

Chortle Awards 2024 nominees announced

Julia Masli, Ian Smith, Ahir Shah, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Paddy Young and Sam Campbell are amongst the comedians nominated in the 2024 Chortle Awards.

British Comedy Guide, 8th February 2024

Who wants a lockdown one-liner? How comics are covering Covid at Edinburgh Fringe

The festival is in full swing with audiences crammed into comedy clubs. But is our global pandemic the elephant in the room?

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th August 2022

How comedians at Edinburgh Fringe are coping with cancel culture

Reginald D Hunter, Omid Djalili, Simon Brodkin, and other top comedians spoke from Edinburgh Fringe about how they're coping with cancel culture.

Katie Spencer, Sky News, 6th August 2022

The Financial Fringes: Free & PWYC shows at Edinburgh Fringe

The Edinburgh Fringe is costly - ever more so in 2022. Here's our guide to enjoying comedy shows on a budget this August.

Polly Glynn, The Skinny, 26th July 2022

Preview: Sam Nicoresti

A multimedia surrealist hour from comedy's odd prince of overthinking.

Deadline News, 23rd July 2022

A digital pint with... Sam Nicoresti

You heard it here first folks, Binge Fringe Magazine is the world's fiercest defender of the right to free speech... Whatever that means precisely.

Jake Mace, Binge Fringe, 21st July 2022

Funny At The Fringe - interview - Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture

The show is nominally about the culture wars but I've spent a disproportionate number of hours trying to make a frog horror and a 3D penis make narrative sense.

Holly, Phoenix Remix, 19th July 2022

Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see

Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival's comedy, theatre and dance.

Brian Logan, Mark Fisher and Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian, 6th July 2022

How the devil are you, Sam Nicoresti?

If Sam's answers are anything to go by, this show is going to be BRILLIANT.

Punchline UK, 5th July 2022

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