Ben Van der Velde is a comedian and host with a historian's brain. He finds the comedy in the past - from the catastrophic to the quietly absurd - and brings it into comedy clubs.
Real Ale Classroom, Leicester • Friday 19 February 2027 • 19:30
Most comedians want to get on a panel show. Ben Van der Velde yearns to be the comedian booking on Question Time and pose the really important questions. Why are we here? If you were a dog what breed would you be? And how do you cope with the world without getting overwhelmed?
For fans of Ross Noble, Jason Byrne and heroic nonsense.
"Displays a crackling, spontaneous energy in which we're swept up." Fest
"An accomplished comic." Time Out
"Perfect... the audience were hysterical." Huffington Post
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