Ben Ashenden

Ben Ashenden—yeah, that guy with the dry wit and a knack for making you laugh when you least expect it. Born in Watford back in ‘89, but honestly, don’t let the postcode fool you, he’s got that sneaky British-Irish charm that just sort of creeps up on you. The man’s best known for cooking up ‘The Comeback’ on the West End, which, if you haven’t heard, is basically comedy gold dust. He’s not flying solo, though—he’s one half of The Pin, that award-hoarding duo alongside Alex Owen. Those two? Trouble, but in the best way. Anyway, Ben didn’t start in some fancy drama school with jazz hands—he actually studied English Lit at Cambridge. Yeah, so he’s got brains behind the banter. He grew up in Radlett, Hertfordshire (it’s one of those places you’ve driven through but probably never stopped at, unless you really needed petrol), and now he’s holed up in London, doing the whole “writer, actor, producer” triple threat thing. But here’s the thing: Ben’s comedy isn’t just surface-level gags—there’s this weirdly sharp intelligence running underneath, like he’s constantly winking at you from behind the curtain. Whether he’s on stage, scribbling scripts, or popping up on the radio, you can tell he’s having a blast just mucking about with the whole idea of comedy. The guy’s a bit of a chameleon, really. You never quite know what’s coming next, but it’s probably going to be clever, a little bit silly, and just the right amount of absurd.