British Comedy Guide
Bethany Black
Bethany Black

Bethany Black

  • English
  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian

Press clippings Page 5

Ten Fringe stars with very different TV roles

Anyway, here are ten acts at the Fringe who you may know from other TV shows, stand-up appearances not counted.

Chortle, 22nd July 2016

Bethany Black interview

Bethany Black tells DIVA about life as a trans lesbian comedian, and what to expect from her new Edinburgh show.

Naomi Rea, Diva Mag, 13th June 2016

Bethany Black interview

Transgender Day of Visibility: Bethany Black on Doctor Who, stand-up, transitioning and depression.

Maya Oppenheim, The Independent, 31st March 2016

Bramall Comedy Night 2016 review

Comedy nights at the Bramall on the University of Birmingham campus seem to be getting busier each month, and this is in part surely a result of the increasingly diverse nature of its line-ups.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 24th February 2016

Review: Plymouth Comedy Club delivers lots of laughs

Reviews of Ian Cognito, David Arnold, Mike Newall, Bethany Black, Sam Blackledge, Chris Brooker.

William Telford, Plymouth Herald, 7th December 2015

Stand-up Bethany Black's first transgender Dr Who actor

Bethany Black is to become the first openly transgender actor to appear in Doctor Who. The comedian, who has appeared in Channel 4's Tofu, Cucumber and Banana, confirmed the news on her Facebook fan page, writing: "Now to sit back and wait until The Mail realises the BBC have cast an open trans lesbian in a family show."

Daisy Wyatt, The Independent, 6th August 2015

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Mel Brooks, Bethany Black and Eleanor Morton.

James Kettle, The Guardian, 20th March 2015

Interview: comic Bethany Black

Stand-up Bethany Black discusses becoming the first trans woman to play a trans character in an ongoing British TV series ahead of the fourth episode of Banana airing on 12th February, 10pm, E4.

Channel 4, 11th February 2015

Bethany Black interview

Bethany Black describes herself as a 'Goth, lesbian, transsexual, vegan, recovering alcoholic, and drug addict, sceptic, rationalist, atheist, comedian, chameleon, and caricature'.

Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 20th April 2014

Share this page