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Ben Russell & Maggie Looke

Ben Russell (2024 Show Encore Performance)

  • Australia

Winner Directors' Choice Award 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 
2022 Moosehead Recipient
Nominee Golden Gibbo Award 2015
 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 
Nominee Best Comedy Award 2017 Perth FRINGE WORLD

As seen on Thank God You're Here, Aunty Donna's House Of Fun (Netflix) and The Let Down.

After years of struggling with addiction Ben uses his new-found sobriety as a jump off point to explore his past, his clear-headed present and ask “what’s next?”

An encore performance of Ben's award-winning hour of stripped-back and revealing stand-up. A hilarious, raw and honest account of how Ben navigated the most transformative year of his life.

'Rarely is the serious and the silly blended so effortlessly as his telling of this story.' ★★★★ Chortle (UK)  

'Thrillingly witty, filled with laser-sharp one-liners… it's also endearingly hopeful.' ★★★★★ The Funny Tonne  

'Unlike anything even the most seasoned festival-goer will have seen before.' ★★★★ The Age

Co-written and directed by Maggie Looke.

Please note, the following performances will be filmed: Thu 26 Mar, Fri 27 Mar, Sat 28 Mar, Sun 29 Mar

Suitable for audiences 18+

Language – occasional coarse language

References to self-harm and suicide

References to substance abuse

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Winner Directors' Choice Award 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 
2022 Moosehead Recipient
Nominee Golden Gibbo Award 2015
 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 
Nominee Best Comedy Award 2017 Perth FRINGE WORLD

As seen on Thank God You're Here, Aunty Donna's House Of Fun (Netflix) and The Let Down.

After years of struggling with addiction Ben uses his new-found sobriety as a jump off point to explore his past, his clear-headed present and ask “what’s next?”

An encore performance of Ben's award-winning hour of stripped-back and revealing stand-up. A hilarious, raw and honest account of how Ben navigated the most transformative year of his life.

'Rarely is the serious and the silly blended so effortlessly as his telling of this story.' ★★★★ Chortle (UK)  

'Thrillingly witty, filled with laser-sharp one-liners… it's also endearingly hopeful.' ★★★★★ The Funny Tonne  

'Unlike anything even the most seasoned festival-goer will have seen before.' ★★★★ The Age

Co-written and directed by Maggie Looke.

Please note, the following performances will be filmed: Thu 26 Mar, Fri 27 Mar, Sat 28 Mar, Sun 29 Mar

Suitable for audiences 18+

Language – occasional coarse language

References to self-harm and suicide

References to substance abuse

Back to Listings
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