Ben Pope
- Actor, stand-up comedian and writer
Press clippings
EdFringe Talk: Ben Pope: The Cut
"The rest of the year, as a stand-up particularly, is very atomised. You spend a lot of time in Travelodges and staring out the windows of Great Western Railway services at midnight. It can be lonely. So the Fringe, at its best, feels like a community."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 22nd June 2025Interview: A digital pint with... Ben Pope, on manhood, masculinity, and circumcision
Ben Pope's upcoming EdFringe comedy show The Cut is described as a 55 minute inventory of the masculinity panic Ben experienced after undergoing medical circumcision.
Jake Mace, Binge Fringe, 21st June 2025A Fringe Quickie (#16) with "Ben Pope: The Cut"
If your show had a criminal record, what would it be for? "Indecent (emotional) exposure"
W J Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 18th June 2025Ben Pope: Holy Cow review
Having just turned 30, Ben Pope wittily puts himself in the demographic of 'old enough to know the dream is dead, not old enough to change' in its pursuit.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th January 2023Union JACK Radio launches live comedy nights
Digital radio station Union JACK is launching a series of stand-up comedy nights in Manchester, Bristol, Hull and Leicester, highlights from which it'll broadcast in a new weekly show.
British Comedy Guide, 9th August 2021Nightmare audience members
We asked performers going to the Fringe who they would least like to see in the audience of their show...
British Comedy Guide, 10th August 2019Q&A: Ben Pope
After making his full solo Fringe debut last year, Ben Pope is back with his sophomore show Dancing Bear.
Ross Crae, The Sunday Post, 27th July 2019Ben Pope: The Edinburgh Interviews 2019
Interview with Ben Pope.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 9th July 2019Fringe 2018: 21 unmissable comedy recommendations
Edinburgh Fringe season is back upon us once again - so what's worth checking out?
Shaun Kitchener, The Daily Express, 23rd July 2018Comedy safe from forced audience participation
I'm not a particularly anxious person, but I really, really hate audience participation.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 18th July 2018