Various dates starting from 19th November, 10:00am
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Rural Touring
What is Rural Touring?
Watch this space! We are just finalising the details for the new season of Rural Touring Wiltshire and Rural Touring South Gloucestershire. Get ready for some fabulous theatre, music, comedy and spoken word in some wonderful locations. If you are interested in becoming a venue on the scheme or are an artist/company looking to perform on the scheme get in touch on [email protected]
Festivals
Pound Arts run a number of festivals throughout the year in and around Wiltshire.
Please choose from one of our exciting festivals below to discover more.
What it might be, how we can miss it and how we can find it again…
Like all those who spread mirth for a living, MITCH BENN (“the country’s leading musical satirist” – The Times) has been wondering if he’s really making a difference, and if there is – yes – a POINT to what he – or anybody – is doing.
Well the good news is he’s had a long hard think about it and he’s figured it out, and he’s coming back to tell us all what the POINT of comedy – and much else besides – might be…
“Song after song of exquisitely crafted satire”The Scotsman
“Well crafted, well sung, his songs are just plain funny”The Guardian
About Mitch Benn
Mitch Benn is a comedian, author, satirical songwriter, musician and actor and is widely acknowledged as one of the best writers/performers of comedy songs in the UK. He is perhaps best known as the resident comic songwriter on BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show from 1999 to 2016.
Mitch has a large online following and his recent comedy songs, such as F*ck All and Moving to Scotland, have amassed more than a million views.
Mitch began his comedy career in Edinburgh in the mid-1990s, before moving to London and becoming one of the most in-demand comedians on the UK comedy circuit. He has released many albums of comedy songs and has performed all over the world, including South Africa, Singapore, China and many European nations.
In addition to his work on The Now Show, Mitch has presented several series of his own show on BBC radio, and his TV credits include Live At Jongleurs (ITV), Watchdog (BBC) and The Comedy Store (5).
Mitch’s acting credits include Merlin (BBC1) and in 2013 he took over the role of Zaphod Beeblebrox for the live stage show tour of The Hitchhikers’ Guide To The Galaxy. His voice acting credits include Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens TV series and the Sandman audiobooks.
Mitch has also appeared on ‘celebrity’ editions of several TV quiz shows, including winning Celebrity Mastermind in 2016.
Mitch is a weekly columnist for The New European newspaper and has written three Science Fiction novels.
