Alexander Bennett

Alexander Bennett’s comedy has been variously described as dark, silly, filthy and
thoughtful. He is the co-host, along with comedian Andy Barr, and creator of the high-concept Chortle award nominated podcast Born Yesterday, which has had guests including Jordan Gray, Phil Wang and Lorna Rose Treen.
His 2023 show I Can't Stand The Man, Myself received several 5 and 4-star reviews, was shortlisted for the Amused Moose Comedy Award and a joke from it appeared in the Telegraph's Top 10 Funniest Jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe. It will be performed at London's prestigious Soho Theatre in April 2024. The show he directed in 2023, Siân Docksey's 'Pole Yourself Together!' also received 5-star reviews and will transfer to the Soho Theatre.

Alexander created the cult hit gameshow Hell To Play, has collaborated with Mark Watson, was nominated at the Leicester Comedy Awards as part of Consignia and co-orchestrated a huge charity event at the Pleasance Grand in Edinburgh called Dan Vs Food, in which a cast of 25+ comedians (including Ed Gamble, Iain Stirling, Nick Helm, Sophie Duker and Ivo Graham) watched a man called Dan eat his lunch. He has recently appeared on Radio 4,
Insane in the Men Brain and The Comedian's Comedian podcast. Alexander regularly performs with the acclaimed Alternative Comedy Memorial Society. His new material night This Is Not A Cult has run at the Camden Comedy Club for many years, was recommended by Time Out and has featured all sorts of TV names. He has been a guest lecturer at the Royal College of Art and Fourth Monkey Theatre Company, has been featured in The Guardian, written for the iPaper and Metro and has appeared on several radio shows. As well as being a comedian, Alexander is a filmmaker and is currently developing projects for television and radio.