Suzy Bennett is a dynamo of a comic, with a uniquely warm and chatty stage presence who has been delighting audiences with her saucy comedy since her first gig in 2005 when she “accidentally” reached the finals of Jimmy Carr’s Comedy Idol, resulting in Jimmy asking her to support him on his ”Gag Reflex” tour in 2007 and also making an appearance on his˜Stand-Up” DVD.
Originally from Devon, and an ex-Butlins-Redcoat Suzy continued her early success when she was named the winner of the prestigious Funny Women Awards at the Comedy Store in 2006.
Following this, Suzy has supported Jo Brand, Jan Ravens, Janice Connelly, Meera Syal and Rhona Cameron to name a few, she has been a guest on Five Live with Richard Bacon discussing topical news, a podcast for The Sun website with Zoe Lyons and various magazine interviews including Time Out where she was named and interviewed as one of Top Ten acts to watch.
In 2007 while at the Edinburgh Festival performing in a free festival show, Suzy was chosen to be filmed for a two day item for The One Show (BBC One) which saw her perform at the notorious ‘Late and Live’ comedy club and a BBC live stand up show alongside other seasoned professionals. This was followed by a live studio interview with host, Christine Bleakley. Later that year she also headlined at the Cult TV Festival, again filmed by The One Show. Suzy made such an impression that she was invited back on the show in 2008 to appear in an item about sexist jokes.
Adding to her television credits, in 2008 Suzy was cast in an 6-part, prime time, experimental historical diet show ‘The Diets That Time Forgot’ as a Victorian dieter for Channel 4. Since then she has been storming gigs in Cyprus, Lanzarote, Majorca and all over the UK, including the Hop Farm Festival and entertaining thousands as part of a tour of Race For Life events as well as hosting the Playtex Moonwalk in Hyde Park for the last two years alongside fellow comics Andi Osho and Miss London, entertaining crowds of 17,000 and introducing and interviewing stars such as Paul O Grady, Dawn Porter and Marcella Detroit. 2011 & 2012 were busy for Suzy, she hosted The Funny Women Awards Final both years at the Leicester Square Theatre and co-created and performed in her ‘Funny Fillies’ show at Brighton Comedy Festival with fellow comedian Sajeela Kershi, which later became a successful free-entry female comedy night at Edinburgh Festival.
Suzy kicked off 2012 performing at nights for Highlight and Off The Kerb and was then chosen to perform as part of the Pleasance Comedy Reserve for the run of the Edinburgh Festival. Suzy also performed as support act during the Eden Sessions headlined by Tim Minchin at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
Since then Suzy has continued going from strength to strength and her 2015 Edinburgh show, Gumption, was one of the most entertaining shows that we saw all festival. Which is why we wanted to bring her to you.
