Ben Lawes
Ben has been influenced in his comedy writing and performing from an early age,with inspiration from such greats as Morecambe and wise and Tommy Cooper to his present day favourites Lee Mack and Sean Lock.
Ben,based in Bolton, performs at venues across the UK and having progressed into 20 minute sets,with compering under his belt,shows his versatility on a comedy stage.
A mixture of confidence,empathy and a sarcastic bitter twist on observational humour,combined with a number of superbly crafted gags,he is able to keep the crowds attention from start to finish.
Ben made the final of the Frog and Bucket world series 2008 on only his second ever time on a comedy stage and won the December 2008 final of Make The Lion LARFF.
Gigs have included :-
Slaughterhouse ( Tongue In Cheek comedy )
Frog and Bucket ( Lee Martin)
Comedy Store ( Manchester )
Iguana Club ( Mirth on Monday Des Sharples)
Otherside Of Comedy ( Various Venue, John Reed)
Buzz comedy ( Various venues,Agraman)
XS Malarkey ( Toby Hadoke )
Mirth Control ( Various venues )
Edinburgh Free Fringe Comedy Festival 2009 ( 23 gigs in 7 days !!!!)
Comedy Balloon ( Neil Smith )
Middlesbrough Town Hall / Stockton Arc ( Tenfeettall Comedy Pete Vincent )
Brinsop Arms ( Jamie Sutherland )
Various Venues for Rob Riley
Below are a couple of comments from acts and promoters,from the Manchester comedy forum. :-
Ben did great - Pete Vincent ( TFT comedy)
Ben Lawes ripped it with a 400+ audience present - Jason Cook
I enjoyed what you did - Toby Hadoke ( XS Malarkey )
I was impressed - Jon Reed ( Otherside of Comedy)
Brilliant - Neil Fitzmaurice (Slaughterhouse )
Ben Lawes was very good. - Des Sharples ( Iguana Club,Mirth on Monday)
Cracking set - Comedy Station
Material refeshingly up to the minute - Blackpool Gazette.
Frog and Bucket world series finalist 2008
Make the lion Larff winner December 2008
