Ben Heal
Press clippings
'Comedy through the looking glass': In praise of The Glang Show
I've seen most forms of UK comedy, but Glang is unique as it pushes the responsibility for laughter creation away from the stage and performer out into the audience.
Ben Heal, Chortle, 5th December 2024How internet comedy is changing live stand-up - for the better
We are where we are, Toto. In terms of live stand-up this is nowhere near where we were a decade ago. The sands are not just shifting, but being blown away.
Ben Heal, Chortle, 6th September 2024The three-acts-and-an-MC formula has had its day
Personally. I am fed-up with the tired and formulaic MC+3. It limps on sustained by a sprinkle of high quality acts, shoehorned into time slots and padded out by endless MC banter.
Ben Heal, Chortle, 3rd May 2024I was a stand-up snob... until the Liverpool scene converted me
Ben Heal on ditching his elitism to embrace the comedy of working-class life, not middle-class neuroses.
Ben Heal, Chortle, 11th January 2022