Ep. 570 - Davina Bentley - One of The Telegraph’s “Five Young Sketch Comedians to Watch.”
MAR 16, 202673 MIN
Ep. 570 - Davina Bentley - One of The Telegraph’s “Five Young Sketch Comedians to Watch.”
MAR 16, 202673 MIN
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<p>Davina Bentley is a comedy writer, performer and former lawyer, named by The Telegraph as one of its “Five Young Sketch Comedians to Watch.” Her sharp, satirical voice, often drawing on her legal background, has built a strong online following, with her parody sketches amassing over 1.6 million likes on TikTok. She has written for BBC Radio 4 shows including The Now Show, The News Quiz and Dead Ringers, and she wrote and performed in the acclaimed Radio 4 series P.O.V. As a stand-up, Davina has reached the finals of numerous competitions, and regularly performs in the top comedy clubs around the country.</p><br><p>Davina Bentley is our guest in episode 570 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .</p><br><p>Listen to BBC Radio4’s POV here - <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0027967" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0027967</a> .</p><br><p>Follow Davina Bentley on <a href="http://instagram.com/davinabentleycomedy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>: @davinabentleycomedy .</p><br><p>Follow My Time Capsule on <a href="http://instagram.com/mytimecapsulepodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>: @mytimecapsulepodcast & <a href="http://twitter.com/MyTCpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>/X & <a href="http://facebook.com/MyTCpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>: @MyTCpod .</p><br><p>Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on <a href="http://twitter.com/fentonstevens" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>/X: @fentonstevens & <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikefentonstevens/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @mikefentonstevens .</p><br><p>Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .</p><p>Music by <a href="http://www.passthepeasmusic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pass The Peas Music</a> .</p><p>Artwork by <a href="https://matthewboxall.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">matthewboxall.com</a> .</p><br><p>This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity <a href="https://www.viva-group.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Viva!</a> Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .</p><p>To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - <a href="https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com</a>. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>