Benny Darsow
Ben Darsow is an overnight success story 20 years in the making.
After stints playing professional basketball & elite golf, Benny has spent the last decade full-time out on the road developing into one of the strongest and most versatile live standup comedians in Australia.
Ben’s style is relaxed yet playfully energised, blending well-crafted material with improvised audience banter to create in-the-moment comedy gold.
You can catch Benny throughout Australia’s comedy & fringe festivals, hosting & headlining the premier comedy clubs in the country (including The Sydney Comedy Store, Perth Comedy Lounge and Brisbane’s Sit Down Comedy Club), touring the mining communities of WA, featuring on P&O Comedy Cruises around the Pacific Islands, adding entertainment to golf days/corporate events/sporting club fundraisers and even appearing at boutique private occasions.
In the last few years Ben has also begun to venture internationally, headlining Vancouver’s Comedy Mix, Kuala Lumpur’s Crackhouse Comedy Club and America’s oldest comedy club The Pasadena Ice House.
Nominated for Best Comedy in 2017 & 2016 Perth Fringe World
Host of the 2018 Sydney Comedy Festival Galas
“Ben Darsow is hilarious…able to take the most mundane situations and turn them into laugh out loud moments” ★★★★ ½ The West Australian
“Get out and discover Ben Darsow…a masterclass in audience interaction” ★★★★ Herald Sun
“Ben Darsow is seriously funny…cleverly crafted material and slick improvisation skills” ★★★★ The Advertiser