As seen/heard on Britain’s Got Talent (ITV), DMs are Open (BBC Radio 4Xtra) and Matt Chorley’s show (BBC Radio 5Live)
Bennet has been performing on the UK stand-up circuit as a musical comedian for several years. He has been a finalist in numerous national stand-up competitions and has performed regularly at some of the biggest comedy clubs in the UK including the London Comedy Store, Backyard Comedy Club, The Frog and Bucket, Top Secret Comedy Club, Big Belly Comedy Club and Up the Creek.
He has taken several stand-up and musical shows up to the Edinburgh Fringe, and in 2019 a comedy panel show he was a regular panellist on called Character Building Experience was shortlisted for the BroadwayWorld.com Best Comedy Show. In the same year he was shortlisted for the BAFTA Rocliffe TV Comedy Writing Initiative.
He also works a musician for several improv groups, including the Oxford Imps and ‘Any Suggestions Doctor’, and a one-off improv show he worked on recently at the Leicester Comedy Festival was nominated for Best Improv Show.
- WINNER: Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2021
- WINNER: International Songwriting Competition Comedy Category 2021
- WINNER: Amused Moose National New Comic Award People’s Champion 2020
- WINNER: British Comedy Guide Pro Starter Performance Award 2020
- NOMINEE: Edinburgh Fringe Comedian of the Year 2025
- SHORTLIST: BAFTA Rocliffe TV Comedy Writing Initiative 2019
BENNET KAVANAGH 