Stand-up comedian

Amy Matthews

Who Amy Matthews is

Amy Matthews is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor from Essex, based in Scotland, who was named Best Newcomer at the Scottish Comedy Awards in 2019. Her Edinburgh Fringe hours run from The Life Aquatic with Amy Matthews (2019) and Moreover, The Moon (2022) to I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders (2023), now a special on ITVx, Commute With The Foxes (2024), released on vinyl by Monkey Barrel Records, and Definitions of Toast (2026).

Her stand-up has featured on Comedy Central Live, she has supported Ed Byrne, Tom Davis, Suzy Ruffell, Sarah Keyworth and Tom Allen on tour, and she is a regular panellist and lead writer on BBC Radio Scotland's Breaking the News. She played Annie in three series of Scot Squad, has written for Have I Got News for You, hosts the official English Heritage podcast and runs Comedians Do Poems, a quarterly poetry night for comics, with Ben Pope.

Follow Amy Matthews

Put Amy Matthews in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week.

Saw Amy Matthews live? Make a card →

What you get: the free D.O.C. letter with the news of the comedians, rooms and towns you follow, never daily. Every letter has a one-click unsubscribe. How your address is kept

For fans 18 and over: signing up says you are, and makes you a Disciple, D.O.C.’s free fan club.

Amy Matthews online

Official site ↗Instagram ↗Facebook ↗X ↗

At a glance

From
Essex
Stand-up specials
I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders
Albums
Commute With The Foxes
Podcasts and radio
Breaking the News, English Heritage podcast and Snookered
On screen
Comedy Central Live, Scot Squad, Have I Got News For You and 2 more
Official site
amymatthewscomedy.com ↗

Is Amy Matthews on tour?

No upcoming dates on record No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean Amy Matthews has stopped touring; their tour page is the place to look for new dates: amymatthewscomedy.com ↗.

Last checked 23 October 2026.

Is Amy Matthews coming to my town?

No dates are on record right now (checked 23 October 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow Amy Matthews and your town to hear when one is booked.

Want Amy Matthews in your town?

Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked.

How many would come?

What is counted: the town and how many would come, and nothing else about you.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar → Build a night out with Amy Matthews →

Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

Albums

On screen

Podcasts and radio

Booking Amy Matthews

Their contact page ↗

Comedians like Amy Matthews

Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.

Six Degrees of Komic Bacon: how they connect to anyone →

Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →

Career timeline

  1. 2019Comedy Underground (stand-up, BBC Scotland, 2019) On screen
  2. 2021Scot Squad (Annie McInnes, BBC Scotland, 2021-2022) On screen
  3. 2022Have I Got News For You (writer, BBC One, 2022) On screen
  4. 2022Edinburgh Unlocked (BBC Scotland, 2022) On screen
  5. 2024Comedy Central Live (Comedy Central UK, 2024) On screen

Questions and answers

Where is Amy Matthews performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: amymatthewscomedy.com ↗.

What stand-up specials have they released?

I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders.

What podcasts and radio shows have they been on?

Breaking the News, English Heritage podcast and Snookered.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Comedy Central Live (Comedy Central UK, 2024), Scot Squad (Annie McInnes, BBC Scotland, 2021-2022), Have I Got News For You (writer, BBC One, 2022), Edinburgh Unlocked (BBC Scotland, 2022) and Comedy Underground (stand-up, BBC Scotland, 2019).

Where is Amy Matthews from?

From Essex.

What is their official website?

amymatthewscomedy.com ↗.

Who are some comedians like them?

Stephen Buchanan (also in Scot Squad), Rosco McClelland (also in Scot Squad), Dominic Holland (also on Breaking the News), Mark Nelson (also in Edinburgh Unlocked) and Ria Lina (also on Breaking the News).

Are you Amy Matthews?

This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter.

Your short address, for your bio: disciplesofcomedy.com/amy-matthews

Make this page yours →Your dates on your own siteYour show on a poster

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 23 October 2026 · the record checked 19 October 2026