Latest 7 Review 2008
Review: Count Arthur Strong: The Man Behind The Smile Those who only know the Count from his successful Radio 4 show (he has been performing live at Komedia for years) might worry that the verbal gymnastics of the tongue-tied Arthur would be lost in the clutter of a...
Independent Review 2008
Count Arthur Strong: The Man Behind The Smile, Assembly@George Street, Edinburgh Reviewed by Julian Hall Thursday 07 August 2008 I have mixed feelings about plundering a bygone era of light entertainment for comic material, and yet two Fringe performers do this...
Scotsman Review 2008
Count Arthur Strong - The Man Behind the Smile Published on 05/08/2008 09:13 ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET (VENUE 3) PERENNIAL Fringe and Radio 4 favourite Count Arthur Strong returns with an impressive visual retrospective of his singular career. This year, Steve...
Mirror Online Review
Count Arthur Strong - The Man Behind The Smile By John Nicholson Not everyone will get Steve Delaney's creation; he plays to the notion of old school entertainers and puts me very much in mind of Harry Worth who, as far as I can recall, was really only famous for...
The Stage Review 2008
Count Arthur Strong - The Man Behind the Smile The Assembly Rooms Reviewed by Ollie Wilson Count Arthur Strong has become the stuff of character comedy folklore – like Barry Humphries' Dame Edna Everage and Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge. Steve Delaney has developed...
Chortle Review 2008
Now brilliant comedy creation Count Arthur Strong has conquered the wireless, he’s ready to make his bid for televisual fame. This year, the batty festival favourite’s show, presented as a retrospective of his 50 years in showbusiness, has a strong video element. The...
Brighton Argus Review 2008
Count Arthur Strong – The Musical, Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Jan 27 By Jess Barrah From the anticipation before this sold-out show started, it was evident that most of the audience had heard - if not seen - comedian Steve Delaney's character, Count Arthur...
New Statesman: Radio Show review, January 2008
“A bumbling retired entertainer shows us just how comedy should be done...” New Statesman, January 2008 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! Tomorrow, Today! Radio 4 If all radio comedies - or continuity announcing, or economics reporting, for that matter - were like...
Brighton Argus Review
By Glen Ferris Wednesday 23rd May 2007 The life and times of Doncaster's most influential and talented showman have been recorded in great detail, not least in the pages of this very newspaper. He has told the story in his own autobiography, Through It All I've Always...
Guardian review The Musical, August 2006
Count Arthur Strong - The Musical Guardian, August 2006 "Music is a wonderful means of communism. No! Communication!" For years, Steve Delaney's senile alter ego, the "doyen of light entertainment" Count Arthur Strong, was a cult favourite. It's a lurid portrait,...
Radio Times December 2005
“A brilliant comedy creation...I laughed until I hurt” Radio Times, December 2005 Unless you're a regular at the Edinburgh Fringe you've probably never heard of Count Arthur Strong. But you will soon, for he is a brilliant comedy creation. Strong is a self-deluded,...
Brighton Argus Review 2005
Count Arthur Strong, Komedia, Brighton Somebody should tell Stephen Delaney you don't have to get into costume for a radio show. Of course, he probably doesn't have much say in the dress code, particularly with a character as single-minded as Count Arthur Strong...
The Telegraph article, August 2004
“One of the greatest 'undiscovered' comedy characters on the Fringe is due for recognition” The Telegraph, August 2004 One of the greatest 'undiscovered' comedy characters on the Fringe isdue for recognition, says Mark Monahan For some years now, Count Arthur Strong...
Fringe Report Review 2004
Latchmere Theatre July 04 Count Arthur Strong reflects on his life to date, as encapsulated in his new autobiography Through It All I Laughed. It's an hour of skilful character comedy. Doncaster bridge was the traffic-jam on the old A1 when the first Fringe companies...
Review: Telegraph
Edinburgh reports: a lesson in lunacy Mark Monahan reviews Count Arthur Strong at the Gilded Balloon by Mark Monahan 18 Aug 2003 Not even a poorly sited pillar in front of my seat could prevent Count Arthur Strong from being one of the funniest spectacles I've...
Fringe Review The Scotsman 2003
“Count Arthur Strong could become one of the great British comic characters of our time” The Scotsman, 2003 With nurturing the cultish Count Arthur Strong could become one of the great British comic characters of our time. You’ve not seen or heard anything quite like...
The Stage Fringe Review 2003
“His skill - physical and verbal - is absolutely extraordinary. The sheer originality is spellbinding…” The Stage, 2003 The less you know about Count Arthur Strong the better, He runs a performing arts school in Doncaster and considers himself a local luminary. He...
Fringe Review: The Independent 2003
“If there’s one must see on the fringe each year, it has to be Count Arthur Strong” The Independent, 2003 If there's one must-see on the Fringe each year, it has to be Steve Delaney's astonishing creation Count Arthur Strong. The Count, a Tourette's-afflicted thespian...
Evening Standard Review 2003
Comic jewel of the Nile Reviewed by Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard (16 May 2003) Count Arthur Strong's Forgotten Egypt If there is a more bizarre character on the comedy circuit than Count Arthur Strong, then wrap me in bandages and stick me in a pyramid. Strong, the...
Guardian Review 2003
“Aspiring character comics would do well to come worship at the altar of Count Arthur Strong” The Guardian, 2003 Last year, he failed to deliver a lecture on "Egyptologics". This year it's the story of the Bible that Count Arthur Strong is finding difficult to tell....
Review: Fringe Report
COUNT ARTHUR STRONG'S FORGOTTEN EGYPT Friday 23 August 02 / Gilded Balloon Cowgate Studio The capacity crowd can bearly contain its thirst for knowledge. There's a projection screen, and a lectern decorated with ancient Egyptian symbols. There's also a keyboard,...
Egypt Review: The Independent, 8th August, 2002
By Steve Jelbert Forgotton Egypt: He has, as well. Steve Delaney's excruciating creation, head of Doncaster's leading stage school ("It's just like the Rada, they say") may have promised a lecture on the mysteries of ancient Egypt, but he keeps slipping into his usual...
Fringe Review Metro, 9th August, 2002
Laughter is a personal business, writes Dominic Maxwell. So it's in the interests of offering a balanced view that I report that Count Arthur Strong's Forgotten Egypt is a work of comic genius, Britain's greatest contribution to world culture since cat's eyes or The...
Guardian Review 2002
by Brian Logan The Guardian, Monday 12 August 2002 02.00 BST You won't see many funnier sights at this year's fringe than Count Arthur Strong's ventriloquism act with an Egyptian mummy dummy. But he doesn't half make you earn the pleasure. The count - the brainchild...
Edinburgh Guide Review 2002
Count Arthur Strong’s Forgotten Egypt Reviewer Garry Platt I had read various recommendations in the papers to go and see this show but as of this date (7 August 2003) I had not yet read a full review of this performance, so I had no real idea what to expect. What I...