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Mitch Benn is the 37th Beatle at the Lowry, 30 March.

Comedian Mitch Benn brings his more than a tribute show to the Beatles to the Lowry next month.

Mitch Benn
Mitch Benn

Comedian – Mitch Benn's new show combines his Scouse upbringing, his love of music and a lifelong obsession with Liverpool's most famous sons. The publicity material states that It is most definitely not a tribute show.

Ringo Was Nearly My Dad… or, or Pete Best Found My Snake. Over the years, many people have claimed the title the fifth beatle. They can't all be right, but some of them have been a lot righter than others… Mitch Benn was born in Liverpool in January 1970. Three months later the Beatles broke up. Coincidence??? Yes. In this 50th anniversary year of the release of "Please Please Me", ‘this satirist explores the Fab Four's enduring legacy and shamelessly milks his own (incredibly tenuous) connection to it.

As Mitch himself
says: "Many have claimed the title "Fifth Beatle". They can't all be right; some were righter than others…"

The show originally premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013 to much critical acclaim and he has recently recorded
an abridged version for BBC Radio 4. This is its first UK Tour.

Mitch's first novel, Terra was published last year by Gollancz.It is described as a science fiction fable for the young at heart,

Mitch Benn is the 37th Beatle is at the Lowry on 30 March.