Stephen Armstrong
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Press clippings Page 4
Simon 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 2019Bill Bailey interview
The comic everyone loves to love talks to Stephen Armstrong about the best of Britishness.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 21st April 2019James Acaster interview
The comedian heads back on tour in 2019 with the honest, moving and hilarious Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 17th February 2019Romesh Ranganathan interview
His father's second career in pubs has inspired the stand-up's latest gig. Yet he's still not convinced that he's a proper success, he tells Stephen Armstrong.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 7th October 2018Felicity Ward interview
The Aussie comedian on her Edinburgh success and beating depression.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 23rd September 2018So five Tory stand-ups walk into a bar...
Right-wing comedians have long been a rarity, but Brexit and the Edinburgh festival are putting them centre-stage.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 5th August 2018John Kearns on ditching his trademark wig and teeth
If British comedy has a soul, it resides in Edinburgh. The wet streets, overheated rooms and frantic commercial business of the Fringe can blind you to this -- you can forget that Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, most of Monty Python, Rowan Atkinson, Tom Stoppard, Stephen Fry, The League of Gentlemen, Ricky Gervais and almost every comedian you've heard of kick-started their career right here. None, however, has started as spectacularly as John Kearns.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 5th August 2018Fringe interview: Lee Ridley
Lee Ridley is returning to the Fringe this year having won Britain's Got Talent, but he hasn't lost his more combative voice.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 29th July 2018Fringe interview: Elf Lyons
She shot to Fringe fame with a one-woman parrot Swan Lake. This year, she's all about economics: to music. Imagine if inflation were spinach, she tells Stephen Armstrong.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 29th July 2018