By Tyler Ody
Mitch Benn has recently embarked on his first tour in three years, which will include a Swindon date this December.
Musical satirist, Mitch Benn, will be bringing his tour ‘It’s About Time’ to the Swindon Arts Centre on 2 December.
The show will start at 7.30pm, and tickets can be purchased at https://swindontheatres.co.uk/Online/tickets-mitch-benn-swindon-2022
A spokesperson for the performer said: “If it feels like the past is catching up with us and the future isn’t what it used to be, then fear not! With clock in one hand and guitar in the other, this show will help you look and laugh at time in a whole new way.”
Mitch Benn was a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show for more than a decade. His critically acclaimed Edinburgh Show Mitch Benn Is The 37th Beatle was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and, following on from its success, a further three specials were commissioned on music icons Bob Dylan, David Bowie and Elvis - entitled The Freewheelin Mitch Benn, Mitch Benn Is The Fat Pink Duke and Mitch Benn Has Left The Building.
He also co-presented with Harry Shearer BBC Radio 2’s Anatomy Of A Guitar, and presented Spank The Plank for BBC Radio 4.
Most recent TV and radio appearances include BBC 1’s Celebrity Mastermind and Celebrity University Challenge -he won the former and lost the latter.
He also appeared in Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens and in With Great Pleasure on BBC Radio 4. He writes a weekly column for The New European and is author of the Terra trilogy of Science Fiction novels, the third of which, Terra’s War, was published last year.
Review information:
“Well crafted, well sung, his songs are just plain funny” The Guardian
“Song after song of exquisitely crafted satire” The Scotsman
A full list of Mitch Benn’s tour dates are as follows:
September
16 MILTON KEYNES The Stables
17 COLCHESTER Arts Centre
18 SOUTHEND Place Theatre
23 CAMBRIDGE Junction
24 OXFORD Old Fire Station
29 GUILDFORD G Live
30 WORCESTER Huntingdon Hall
October
01 LEAMINGTON SPA Royal Spa Studio
06 WIGAN The Old Courts
07 HALIFAX Square Chapel
08 CHORLEY Little Theatre
09 BLACKHEATH Halls
11 HARROGATE Theatre
13 BATH Rondo Theatre
14 PENZANCE Acorn Theatre
15 SALISBURY Arts Centre
16 CARDIFF Chapter Arts
November
10 TAUNTON The Brewhouse
11 DORKING Halls
12 MAIDSTONE Hazlitt Theatre
19 MANCHESTER Stoller Hall
20 LEEDS Original Oak
30 MAIDENHEAD Norden Farm
December
01 BRIGHTON Komedia
02 SWINDON Arts Centre
03 IVYBRIDGE Watermark
04 BRISTOL Improv Theatre
January
21 CHELMSFORD Theatre Studio
February
11 LEICESTER Firebug
More information about Mitch Benn can be found on his website at https://www.mitchbenn.com/