SIR DICKIE BENSON INTERACTS WITH THE AUDIENCE WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT

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Your presence is cordially demanded for an opportunity to get up close and personal with academy award-winning actor*, persistent hashish connoisseur and public-house pugilist, Sir Dickie Benson, when he returns to his favourite drinking haunt and spiritual home; York!

Sir Dickie Benson is the last Hollywood hellraiser; An octogenarian, thespian barbarian with a pint of vodka and a smouldering hash pipe whose capacity for drink is matched only by his boundless charm and mercurial temper.

Expect slurred words (mostly shouted), scandalous celebrity anecdotes and libellous tips for surviving the film industry.

'If you get a chance to see Sir Dickie Benson in person, I genuinely don't think there is an experience like it in live comedy today. Not for the faint hearted but genuinely rewarding' (The Press)

Never, ever again! - "Glenn Close"
Every move I know, I learned from Dickie. - "Steven Segal"
I love that rat [EXPLETIVE DELETED] bastard dearly! - "Miriam Margolyes"
I saw him headbutt Lee Van Cleef, over the last croissant at craft services. - "Mario Van Peebles"
He takes the Method very, very seriously. I should never have cast him as Himmler - "Richard Attenborough"
The finest actor I've ever had the displeasure of working with. - "Sir Ian McKellen"
The man's a bloody lunatic! - "Brian Blessed"
The git owes me £500 for a brick of red Leb! - "Sir Patrick Stewart"
He's a better drunk than an actor, and he's a hell of an actor! - "Laurence Olivier"

*Best Actor: ‘The Elegance of the Epicurean Eunuch‘ (Dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1979). Best Actor: ‘Romancing Rhodesia‘ (Dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1986). Best Supporting Actor: ‘L’Apprenti Fromager/The Cheese Makers Apprentice’ (Dir. Mario Van Peebles, 1993).