Simon Amstell
- 44 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director and stand-up comedian
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Simon Amstell review
The comedy is user-friendly, but what is he trying to say?
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 3rd September 2021Simon Amstell review
The comedian flops in a New York hotel room, sheds his inhibitions at an ayahuasca ceremony and visits a Berlin sex club as he explores his midlife crisis.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd September 2021Simon Amstell, Spirit Hole, review
Sex, drugs, neurosis and moments of comedy bliss.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 3rd September 2021Simon Amstell interview
How the comedian is peeling away the layers of shame.
Paul Glynn, BBC, 2nd September 2021Simon Amstell interview
'We're done with talking about mental health. Let's try the cures'.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 24th August 2021Sex & drugs & Simon Amstell
The man who put Gants Hill on the map tells James Mottram about the joy of magic mushrooms - and his problem with orgies.
James Mottram, The Jewish Chronicle, 30th July 2021Latitude 2021 review - Simon Amstell
Amstell's themes have often been self-loathing and self-discovery and there is no change here. He has often talked about the notion of shame and he touches a lot on that here too.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th July 2021Simon Amstell at Latitude 2021 review
Previewing his autumn tour at Latitude, Simon Amstell returns to the big themes of shame, ego and how to be free of these toxic twins that have long defined his intelligent, introspective stand-up.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th July 2021Simon Amstell interview
As he returns to live stand-up with a new tour, Simon Amstell talks about finding himself in psychedelics - and why nothing is funnier than the brutal truth.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 23rd July 2021Simon Amstell interview
"I spent years trying to get away from Popworld - now I feel grateful".
Gary Ryan, NME, 22nd July 2021