Simon Amstell has previously sold out in venues in New York and London. And now, on his fourth international stand up tour, he is in Southend-on-Sea’s Palace Theatre with “To Be Free”.

Simon Amstell, famous for his appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Grandma’s House, is known for his intense vulnerability and brutal honesty as he shares some of his incredibly personal experiences with his audience, managing to make even the most disturbing of tales both emotionally touching and hilarious at the same time.

The New York Times has said, “Simon Amstell has a gift for taking a social norm and gently mocking it until it seems utterly ridiculous. Highly literate…. an endearing mixture of offhanded candour and sharp wit. Such ease and understatement makes him very good company.”