Simon Amstell: Work in Progress
In a thrilling, last minute addition, Simon Amstell will return to the Edinburgh Fringe (6th-13th August) for the first time in six years to perform a late night show of new stand up material for a possible forthcoming tour.
'The undisputed king of the stand up confessional' Evening Standard
‘Simon Amstell has a gift for taking a social norm and gently mocking it until it seems utterly ridiculous’ New York Times
'No one zeros in on human comedy …. quite like Simon Amstell. He’s palpably having a great time. As indeed are his audience' Guardian
BENJAMIN
Simon Amstell’s debut feature film Benjamin was released in 2018.
The bittersweet comedy tells the story of Benjamin (Colin Morgan) a rising star filmmaker. About to premiere his difficult second feature 'No Self', Benjamin is thrown into emotional turmoil when Billie, his hard-partying publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.
Set among the back streets of East and North London, the film boasts original music from James Righton of Klaxons and great performances from its cast including Colin Morgan, Phénix Brossard, Joel Fry, Jack Rowan, Jessica Raine & Anna Chancellor.
“Benjamin maintains its softly barbed wit and sweet-and-sour intimacy to the end” - Variety
★★★★ “Simon Amstell’s barbed wit shines” - The Guardian
★★★★ “A self-aware movie that is never more entertaining than when it's pillorying the dilettantism of its central characters.” - The Times
★★★★ “a heartwarming, brutal, self-portrait… Amstell has made a really excellent film” - NME
★★★★ “funny, bittersweet and affecting” - Empire
“I have written and directed a film about veganism. I’m sorry.”
Set in a utopian 2067, Carnage looks back at a time when human beings ate other animals. For the young people of this time, the idea that their grandparents could have been complicit in a bloodbath of unnecessary suffering is wholly unimaginable. The film aims to break the taboo around Britain’s animal eating past, whilst showing compassion for a generation now seeking therapy to cope with the horror of their unthinkable actions. Carnage combines archive with original drama and is narrated by Simon Amstell, who gives a unique comedic peek into a future where animals live equally amongst humans.
“Carnage works because it's very funny, entertaining but also shows how society can be made to change its mind” - The Independent
SET FREE
Simon Amstell digs deep and delivers a uniquely vulnerable stand-up set on love, ego, intimacy and ayahuasca.
“Set Free is a masterclass in the soul-searching, abject comedy that has come to define a generation” - Vice
Simon Amstell did his first stand-up gig at the age of thirteen. His parents had just divorced and puberty was confusing. Trying to be funny solved everything.
HELP is the hilarious and heartbreaking account of Simon's ongoing compulsion to reveal his entire self on stage. To tell the truth so it can't hurt him anymore. Loneliness, anxiety, depression - this book as it all. And more.
From a complicated childhood in Essex to an Ayahuasca-led epiphany in the Amazon rainforest, this story will make you laugh, cry and then feel happier than you have ever been.
"Disarmingly, almost alarmingly, honest. I laughed out loud 57 times" MARTIN FREEMAN
"Enrapturing. Touching, funny and sweet" ALAIN DE BOTTON
"No one makes loneliness and anxiety as funny. Heartbreaking and hilarious" HADLEY FREEMAN
"Puts the fun in 'insanely honest introspection fun' " ADAM BUXTON
"A brilliantly funny, sad, clever, silly book. I loved it!" MATT LUCAS
"A beautiful and clever book about being human. All the warmth of his comedy without the inconvenience of his face" RUSSELL BRAND
Help was released in paperback on 17th January 2019
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