Ben Elton
- 65 years old
- English
- Writer and stand-up comedian
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Ents24 Hardest Working Comedians 2019
Lee Ridley, also known as Lost Voice Guy, has been named the Hardest Working Comedian of 2019 by ticket company Ents24.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd December 2019Casting announced for Upstart Crow stage show
Gemma Whelan, Helen Monks, Rob Rouse, Steve Speirs and Mark Heap will join David Mitchell in the new stage version of Upstart Crow, which opens in the West End in February.
British Comedy Guide, 26th November 2019Ben Elton on the ableist slurs he used in Young Ones
I thought using ableist slurs in The Young Ones was OK 30 years ago - until I met the people I'd let down.
Ben Elton, The Independent, 19th November 2019Ben Elton, Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall review
Magnificent return to stand up.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 31st October 2019Ben Elton brings stand-up show to Birmingham - review
He may have been away from the limelight for 15 years, but Ben Elton remains the firebrand stand-up comic everyone knows and loves.
The Express and Star, 23rd October 2019Ben Elton: Live - review
Motormouth strikes again with a great new show that has him struggling to finding his place in the world.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 11th October 2019Ben Elton review
Ranty bane of the Tories is still very entertaining, if a little unquestioning these days.
Robert Peacock, The Wee Review, 11th October 2019Comedy review: Ben Elton, Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
Offering a sober analysis of Brexit and the backsliding of Enlightenment debate, he builds to a lethal character assassination of Boris Johnson.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 3rd October 2019Ben Elton review - does anybody edit him?
Is Ben Elton as culturally redundant as a Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go bumper sticker? Aged 60 and touring for the first time in 15 years, with the shiny suits of his heyday as the high priest of Eighties alternative comedy now replaced by Marks & Spencer polo shirts, Elton establishes his sense of his obsolescence from the off.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 1st October 2019Ben Elton Live: unexpected pining for Margaret Thatcher
No longer wearing the spivvy suits of yore but casual dark jeans and stripy top (and glasses, as per usual), he declares his theme early on at his first UK stop-off. "I don't understand anymore," he wails. "My confusion isn't just increasing going forward, it's increasing retrospectively. I do not even get what I got."
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 1st October 2019