Simon Amstell to perform one off gig in aid of Royal Court's Young Writers Programme

Published on Fri 25 May 2012
Comedian Simon Amstell will perform a one-off gig in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court on Sunday 10 June at 8pm. All proceeds from the performance will go towards the Royal Court's Young Writers Programme which has been finding and nurturing new voices for the stage for the past forty years.*

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SIMON AMSTELL PERFORMS SPECIAL GIG IN AID OF ROYAL COURT’S YOUNG WRITERS PROGRAMME

Comedian Simon Amstell will perform a one-off gig in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court on Sunday 10 June at 8pm. All proceeds from the performance will go towards the Royal Court’s Young Writers Programme which has been finding and nurturing new voices for the stage for the past forty years.

The award-winning comedian, actor/screenwriter (Grandma’s House) and presenter (Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Popworld) returns with a brand new stand-up tour for 2012.

Intensely vulnerable and painfully honest, Amstell attempts again to heal himself in public, following 2009’s critically acclaimed ‘Do Nothing’.

With special guest Daniel Simonsen.

‘The real deal. where philosophy collides with anxiety: where Heidegger meets Woody Allen‘ The Guardian

‘Painfully funny‘ Evening Standard

‘One of the most elegant, articulate, sensitive and endearing proponents of ‘Soul Comedy’ that there is‘ The Scotsman

Simon Amstell will be at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre on Sunday 10 June. Tickets £20 & £25 www.royalcourttheatre.com or 0207 565 5000.

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For further information, images or interviews, please contact Anna Evans on 020 7565 5063 annaevans@royalcourttheatre.com