Live Comedy
Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby
One family, one condition, one hell of a hairy baby. Scott Bennett's new show Blood Sugar Baby tells the amazing story of how his infant daughter fell ill with a rare genetic condition.
Yes, it's a show about an ill baby, but it's a really funny one, with a happy and hopeful ending.
As heard on the Parenting Hell podcast, two soulmates are taken from the idyllic world of NCT classes and plunged into months of treatments, genetics, bizarre side effects, private jets and celebrity encounters...
This is a show about trusting your gut, even when you - and everyone else - don't know what you're dealing with; when your baby is seriously ill with a condition so rare it's life or death, and having the courage to question the experts.
Scott says: "It's taken over a decade to find the humour in this amazing family story, and to have the courage to tell it. No-one ever talks about what it's like when parenting goes off-piste, when a baby is sick, and I don't mean a 'syringe of Calpol sick', I mean seriously ill, with a condition so rare, we didn't even know it existed. It marked the start of an incredible family adventure with an unbelievable outcome."
2025 dates
Sunday 4th May: Chorley, Chorley Theatre
Wednesday 7th May: London, Soho Theatre
Thursday 8th May: London, Soho Theatre
Friday 9th May: London, Soho Theatre
Saturday 10th May: London, Soho Theatre
Friday 16th May: Darwen, Darwen Library Theatre
Wednesday 21st May: Selby, Town Hall
Thursday 22nd May: Leicester, Y Theatre
Friday 23rd May: Hemel Hempstead, Old Town Hall
Wednesday 4th June: Darlington, Hullabaloo Theatre
Thursday 5th June: Gloucester, Guildhall
Saturday 7th June: Nottingham, Arts Theatre (4pm)
Saturday 7th June: Nottingham, Arts Theatre
Tuesday 10th June: York, Theatre@41
Wednesday 11th June: York, Theatre@41
Friday 13th June: Winchester, The Arc
Saturday 14th June: New Milton, Forest Arts Centre
Tuesday 17th June: Manchester, Frog and Bucket
Wednesday 18th June: Cambridge, Cambridge Junction
Friday 20th June: Chelmsford, Chelmsford Theatre
Saturday 21st June: Corsham, Pound Arts Centre
Tuesday 24th June: Manchester, Frog and Bucket
Wednesday 25th June: Birmingham, The Glee
Friday 4th July: Northallerton, The Forum
Saturday 5th July: Darwen, Library Theatre
Sunday 13th July: Stourbridge, Katie Fitzgerald's
Wednesday 16th July: Barnard Castle, The Wiltham
Tuesday 22nd July: Cheltenham, Playhouse
Wednesday 30th July: Lancaster, Grand
Thursday 31st July: Peterborough, Key Theatre
Wednesday 6th August: Pocklington, Arts Centre
Features
Press
- 13th May: Review - Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby (Chortle)
- 12th May: Scott Bennett review (Beyond The Joke)
- 9th May: Scott Bennett review (The Reviews Hub)
- 7th May: Scott Bennett sitcom in the works for the BBC