Jon Bennett: AMERICAN'T
This show was hilarious (!!) but also heart felt and real. We loved it!!
I then went over to DanSpace to see Jon Bennett’s show American’t. There’s a woman who I follow on Instagram, Brooke Black, who is American, but her husband is Danish, and they along with their two young children got stuck in Denmark during the Covid lockdowns and they ended up staying there. Her account is all about an American acclimatizing to a much better life there, especially for their kids. Jon Bennett’s show is kind of the opposite. He is from Australia, but he has been a touring performer for the last eighteen years, and so, effectively, he actually didn’t have a home base when he got stuck in Portland, Oregon when everything shut down in March of 2020. The person there that he knew the best was a woman named Gina who he’d had a one night stand with the night before he was supposed to leave Oregon for his next show in California. They got to know each other much better after spending six weeks together in the first round of lockdowns. Click on the link to read more!
Jon Bennett has a very interesting life story and knows how to tell it! He was humourous, could weave a good tale and had us surprised, laughing and wondering what he was going to come up with next. Definitely worth checking out!
Some good stories very well told.
Great stories and humourous perspective!
Fast paced, emotionally honest, intelligent and very, very, funny. This show made me cry, laugh and rejoice in Jon Bennett’s skill as a performer. The most impactful live comedy I’ve seen in years.
Jon Bennett's continuous Fringe touring (160+ & counting!) ended abruptly in Oregon in 2020, when he was locked down w/ a stranger, then deported to his childhood home in Australia. I won't spoil his comeback story—it's his calling.
Hilarious and poignant. Fantastic storyteller, and show.
It's easy to see why Jon Bennett is a Fringe favourite around the world! "Jon Bennett: American't" is a hilarious yet heartwarming story of how Jon found a sense of home during COVID-19.
You can read my full review at the link below!