Simon Munnery. Copyright: Ed Moore
Simon Munnery

Simon Munnery

  • English
  • Actor, writer and comedian

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Stewart Lee leaves his Comedy Vehicle outside Edinburgh's Stand Comedy Club for a second series of his personally curated stand-up showcase. Familiar faces from the first series set to return for the new run include Simon Munnery and Josie Long, along with a chance to enjoy the fresher faces of Lou Sanders and Nish Kumar. Tonight's series opener features Edinburgh comedy award-winner Bridget Christie, long-time Lee conspirator Kevin Eldon, and the sumptuously surreal Tony Law.

Mark Jones, The Guardian, 15th July 2014

Simon Munnery interview

From the mid-1990s on, Simon Munnery has intrigued and innovated. Ahead of his spot on Stewart Lee's The Alternative Comedy Experience, Digital Spy got on the phone with Simon to talk singing Kierkegaard, "fylm" and whether or not we'll ever get Attention Scum! on DVD.

Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 15th July 2014

Cluub Zarathustra: where British comedy was reborn

The cult comedy night that launched the careers of Simon Munnery, Stewart Lee, Kevin Eldon, Sally Phillips and others is 20 years old.

Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 5th July 2014

The Nicholas Coyle three minute interview

Nick Coyle is an Australian writer, director and performer. He arrives at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of an alternative comedy package produced by the London Comedy club, The Invisible Dot. If your favourite acts are Simon Munnery, Josie Long and Stewart Lee, The Dot is where you go to watch your comedy.

Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 3rd July 2014

Edinburgh Fringe preview: Simon Munnery

Simon Munnery has come up with more original comedy ideas than most comedians have had punchlines.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th June 2014

Simon Munnery opens Fylm School

Maverick comedian Simon Munnery is expanding his Fylm project from next week, hosting screen-based comedy nights in which other performers will also try out his innovative technique of sitting in the audience and having his performance projected onto an onstage screen.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd April 2014

Comedy review: Simon Munnery - Fylm (The Stand)

The delivery is unique, though the content isn't a million miles away from Munnery's more traditional comedy shows.

David Hepburn, Milngavie & Bearsden Herald, 3rd April 2014

Simon Munnery, Leicester Square Theatre - comedy review

While other comedians tend to settle into a groove once they have found their voice, it is heartwarming that Munnery is still finding new avenues to amble down.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 18th March 2014

Simon Munnery: Fylm - Review

There are wonderfully pithy one-liners, and every idea is so original that you can only stand in awe of the fertile comic brain that created it, even when scenes veer to the indulgent or the curiously precise.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th March 2014

Simon Munnery's mind

The windmills and intelligent hedge gaps in comic Simon Munnery's mind.

John Fleming, , 9th March 2014

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