Ben Heal
Press clippings
How 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