Simon Topping

Funny Man Telling Stories

Hello and welcome to the place where I can link you to all the bits and bobs I do in life for happy swathes of cash and to keep my mind active and mischievous.

I run the EXTRA Topping Comedy Showcase, an alternative comedy night every 3rd Friday of the month at The Poets Ale and Smokehouse, in conjunction with Sweet Venues.

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I also do a Podcast called Get Yourself a Proper Job where I talk to other funny professionals about how they got started in the industry.

I am a comedy writer, performer and improv veteran and trainer . I am to be seen in the comedy places of Brighton making people laugh, talking about Fat People in History, Why I had to Leave the North, playing my guitar, in Good Boy, with my lovely friend, Nicola or doing some silly drawings as AP Potting Jr.

And I do a comedy video here and there.

I’m always looking to be part of shenanigans. If you want to tempt me, email: simon.topping@gmail.com

Get Yourself a Proper Job

May 14, 2020

I talk to other funny professionals about how it all started for them; delving a little into their childhood, how they were as kids, plus the breaks they got and the people who helped them along the way, as well as the challenges they faced. Did anyone ever urge them, “Get Yourself a Proper Job?” … More Get Yourself a Proper Job

Why I Had to Leave the North

February 2, 2018

Following in the footsteps of contemporary storytelling comedians like Daniel Kitson, Simon Topping reviews the highs and lows of growing up in the 1980’s in the Lancashire, exploring the weight of expectation placed upon his increasingly plump shoulders to be a “man”. This, his first ever one man show: “Why I had to leave … More Why I Had to Leave the North

Fat People in History

October 12, 2017

Meet some of the largest characters in history. See how their contemporaries viewed them and what ‘cures’ were offered to remedy their condition. Follow this humorous journey from medieval times to the near past in an exploration of shifting views on corpulence juxtaposed with the orator’s personal issues with his very own heft.