“The show is about all the regrets I have, including; upsetting Sir Anthony Hopkins, my mother’s suicide attempt and telling a girl on a first date that I loved her.”
WHO: Bennett Arron
WHAT: “You know what it’s like when everything’s going well? Bennett doesn’t. He was in the Top 10 Jokes of the Fringe 2023 and he’s BAFTA shortlisted, yet life still laughs at him. Queue early to enjoy disappointment. ‘Genuinely original and funny’ (Times). ‘Had the room creased up’ **** (Scotsman).”
WHERE: 16:15 (Venue 276)
WHEN: Liquid Room Studio at PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
No.
Oh, you’d like a bit more. Nosey. Well, this is my 6th solo show but my 8th time at the festival. The first time was for the BBC New Comedy Awards. In 1654. I was the runner-up with lesser-known comedian Peter Kay. The following year I was part of a compilation show for Screaming Blue Murder and then I did my first solo show IT WASN’T ME, IT WAS BENNETT ARRON, which led to a TV documentary HOW TO STEAL AN IDENTITY and a BAFTA nomination. My following show led to three Radio series. So here’s hoping that I REGRET THIS ALREADY does okay too……
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2024 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
I was going to perform a show in 2024 but I was ill – which is the subject of half this show. It also ideals with dementia, depression and death, you know the usual comedy subjects. It is funny too, I promise. What I’ve learned is, take the bad things that have happened to you and turn them into something positive.
Tell us about your show.
I wrote, directed, produced and am performing in it. I’m too much of a control freak to have it any other way.
The show is about all the regrets I have, including; upsetting Sir Anthony Hopkins, my mother’s suicide attempt and telling a girl on a first date that I loved her.
I’ve had one preview at the time of writing this and it went well. There were tears and laughter. But that was mainly from me.
I am hoping to tour it around the whole world after the festival, and then to take it somewhere else the following year.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
I have helped to write quite a few shows this year, over 25, but I won’t recommend those as that’s cheating.
So I recommend:
Ignacio Lopez – Welsh, Spanish, Funny…. what’s not to love?
Hal Cruttenden – a stalwart of the Fringe who works very hard to make a good show. He also mentioned me in his last show so it’s the least I can do.
Mary Bourke – acerbic, sarcastic, bitter and funny. The best concoction.
Richard Herring – his podcast is one of the best around and you can see a live recording of it.
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