Ben Norris (I)
- Stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Thames Clippers host their first comedy nights
London's river buses are to host their first comedy nights. Two sailings in the next couple of months will feature stand-ups performing as the clippers ferry the audience past London landmarks including Battersea Power Station, the Houses of Parliament, Tate Modern and Tower Bridge. Comedians taking part include Tim FitzHigham making a more comfortable journey on the Thames than he made in 2003, when he set a record for navigating 160 miles on the river in a paper boat.
Chortle, 9th September 2024A Leap In The Dark review
A top cast directed by Caroline Wilkes revel in Ron Hutchinson's laugh-out-loud, if overlong story charting the corporation's first wireless play.
Clare Brennan, The Observer, 18th February 2024New album from Ben Norris
He has done something more about scratching that musical itch, releasing the album Moral Vacuum, 12 songs which combine appealingly infectious melodies with wryly comic lyrics.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th March 2020Glasgow's Glee review
As a long-time fan of Glasgow's stand-up scene, I found myself pleasantly surprised when I attended the Friday Night Comedy show at the city's recently opened venue The Glee Club.
The Mumble, 6th March 2019Nine underrated London comedians
With this week's big comedy news seeing Peter Kay cancel his lengthy run of 2018 shows, thousands of fans will be receiving refunds and facing a forthcoming gap in their diaries to plug.
Ben Olsen and Sebastian McCarthy, Evening Standard, 22nd January 2018Seven questions with... Ben Norris
Ben Norris has been on the stand up comedy circuit since the early 1990's and has compiled an impressive back-catalogue of writing and television credits over the years. With a somewhat more light-hearted style of comedy than his stern demeanour may suggest this comedian is effortlessly able to incorporate sinister elements into more topical and accessible material.
Becca Moody, Beyond The Joke, 21st May 2016Gilded Balloon Comedy review
Reviews of with Michael Redmond (4 stars), Julia Sutherland (4 stars), Ben Norris (5 stars) and MC Scott Agnew.
yodamo, The Mumble, 9th May 2016Ben Norris: Talking love, loss and motorways
In his "one-man show about love, loss and motorways" - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Family - writer and performer Ben Norris recounts the story of the time he took off on a hitch-hiking tour of all the places his emotionally distant father had lived - most of them just off the M1 - in an attempt to understand him better.
Chris Cooke, ThreeWeeks, 16th August 2015Ben Norris answers 10 Edinburgh Fringe Questions
Spoken-word artist Ben Norris is bringing a show to the festival called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd August 2015Interview: Ben Norris
Hitchhiking is pretty old school. But when you're on a mission to find out more about your family history, perhaps it is the perfect mode of travel. All that waiting gives you extra time to reflect, and the sense of uncertainty and unpredictability perhaps suits the mood on a voyage of self-discovery.
TV Bomb, 22nd July 2015