Jon Bennett: Playing With Men
2026 Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival
Aug. 19, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
😂
Laughed So Hard I Cried

Very funny! Jon Bennett goes a thousand miles an hour and keeps the audience in stitches pretty much throughout.

It was a bit disconcerting, then, when he got super dark and drove home a point about toxic masculinity and sexual violence. It just kinda came out of nowhere. Don’t get me wrong: I appreciate comedy that has a dark side (I.e. Hannah Gadsby), but I need to be brought there. This kinda came out of nowhere so it was a bit jolting.

I 100% agree with everything Bennett was saying. It just felt like he needed to establish his cred to say it first.

Still, well worth seeing, not only for the laughs, of which there were plenty even after the curtain call, but also for the message.