British Comedy Guide
Mitch Benn
Mitch Benn

Mitch Benn

  • 54 years old
  • English
  • Actor and musical comedian

Press clippings

Rise of the robots: from comedy to dance, the Edinburgh Fringe shows taking on Artificial Intelligence

Will the rise of Artificial Intelligence make our lives better or worse? David Pollock talks to the Fringe artists engaging with the exciting, terrifying and sometimes hilarious possibilities of AI.

David Pollock, The Scotsman, 31st July 2024

Post Office Scandal musical axed due to Paula Vennells "sensitivities"

Post Office Scandal The Musical, the latest show from The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, has been cancelled at the Bedfringe comedy festival because of the event's ties to disgraced former Post Office boss Paula Vennells.

British Comedy Guide, 31st May 2024

Underbelly puts more Edinburgh shows on sale

Underbelly has announced a host of new shows for their Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 programme.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th March 2023

Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2023 nominations

Ali Woods, Chloe Petts, Kuan-Wen, Mad Ron, Milo Edwards and Stuart Goldsmith are amongst the nominees for the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2023.

British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2023

Radio 4 orders free speech comedy show Unsafe Space, despite protests

Radio 4 has commissioned Unsafe Space, a "provocative" comedy and debate show championing free speech and broader class representation, despite protesters allegedly threatening to shut it down by blowing airhorns during the recording.

British Comedy Guide, 8th December 2022

Cost of living is no laughing matter for comedians on tour

The cost-of-living crisis is threatening to bring down the curtain on the UK's stand-up comedy circuit as performers warn they are unable to afford soaring travel and accommodation bills.

Mike Wade, The Times, 4th May 2022

Mitch Benn wrote 2 novels then stopped. What happened?

The stand-up won a book deal after an idle tweet. Two books later, his love for publishing was over. He talks about why he's persisting with the third book in his sci-fi trilogy.

David Barnett, The Guardian, 28th January 2021

Mark Dolan cuts up face mask on air

Mark Dolan has incurred the wrath of a portion of the comedy community and many others by publicly cutting up a face mask on his show on Talk Radio.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th September 2020

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