Extended Tour due to popular demand!
January - February 2010 'The Man behind The Smile' Returns - Extended Tour due to popular demand! Following the smash-hit success of his BBC Radio 4 comedy series (Sony GOLD Award Winner - Best Radio Comedy 2009) and recent sell out tour, Count Arthur Strong, showbiz...
Count Arthur Strong wins 2009 Sony Radio Award
One time Variety star Count Arthur Strong has won the prestigious GOLD Sony Radio Academy Award for Comedy 2009 for his Radio 4 show Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show! Managed by Komedia Entertainment and produced by Radio 2′s Mark Radcliffe, Count Arthur Strong’s...
New Year, New Arthur and much more…..
It's a new year, and things are looking sunny for Count Arthur Strong! Series 4 of Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! has kicked off on BBC Radio 4. The show airs on Wednesdays at 11.30am. If you missed the season premiere on January 7th, fear not! You can still hear...
Series Four to air after Christmas
The 7th Jan will see the first broadcast from the new (and fourth) series of Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! One-time variety star Count Arthur Strong, now sole proprietor and owner of Doncaster's Academy of Performance, is a show business legend, raconteur and...
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...
Third Series about to air!
Fri 28th December will see the first episode from the brand new third series from Count Arthur Strong broadcast on Radio 4. In this episode, Arthur misplaces his book for the review taking place later that day. Then a couple of glasses of wine in the green room prior...
The Musical! Back By Demand
Due to the success of the 2007 tour, Count Arthur Strong - The Musical! is to tour the UK again in early 2008. Count Arthur's hit show, which debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe 2006, sold out around the country at venues including Leeds City Varieties, The Lowry and...
Arthur Wins Award at Brighton Fringe
Count Arthur Strong led the way in this year's Brighton Fringe picking up the all new prestigious Argus Angel Award. The Award, in its first year, is awarded by Brighton's regional paper to celebrate excellence in the Festival and Fringe. Count Arthur Strong returned...
Count Arthur gets a second series!
Count Arthur's Radio Show has been given a second series. Tune in to Radio 4 on Wed 28th February 2007 at 11.30AM and be the first to hear the brand new show!
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,...
Count Arthur’s Radio Show on BBC Radio 4
Don't miss the first episode of a brand new comedy series starring Count Arthur. It will be broadcast on Radio 4 at 11.30AM on Fri 23rd December
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 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...
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....
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...