Press clippings
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 2023Leicester 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 2023Radio 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 2022Cost 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 2022Mitch 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 2021Mark 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 2020Leicester Comedy Festival launches 2020 programme
Headline acts for 2020 include Jo Brand, Stewart Lee, Milton Jones, Shappi Khorsandi, Fascinating Aida, Paul Sinha, Josie Long, Jason Byrne, Tony Slattery, Angela Barnes, Griff Rhys Jones, Andy Parsons, John Shuttleworth, Dane Baptiste, Rhod Gilbert, Mark Steel, Flo & Joan, Arthur Smith and Reg D Hunter.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th October 2019Mitch Benn review
Shouty and indignant in tone, most of the political discourse get nods of approval from the gathering. However, the real fun lies in his less worthy commentary.
Simon Topping, The Reviews Hub, 23rd May 2019Mitch Benn: political lessons learned from being comic
Mitch Benn discusses the parallels between comedians and politicians attracting an audience.
Mitch Benn, The New European, 20th May 2019What we're watching (late Fringe 2018)
There's (STILL) too much stuff in the brochure. There's (STILL) TOO MUCH EFFING BLINKING STUFF in the sh*tting brochure. Let us break it down for you. What time is it now? OK, so go and see this:
Mister Kipper, FringePig, 19th August 2018