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Mitch Benn: The Lehrer Effect

Mitch Benn: The Lehrer Effect

Show type: Edinburgh Fringe 2025

Starring: Mitch Benn

When, years ago, a teenage Mitch discovered American comic songwriting legend Tom Lehrer, the course of his life was changed forever. Mitch looks at the legacy of the elusive Lehrer, the creative debt owed to him by all those who mix humour and melody, and performs some of the more Lehreresque of his own songs. Since Mr Lehrer (at time of writing, still slogging obstinately along at the age of 97) recently placed his entire catalogue in public domain, expect a few Mitch Benn-ified covers of some of Tom's most famous creations as well.

Upcoming Dates

This comic also appears in:

Mitch Benn & The Distractions: Sing Like An Angel

Mitch Benn And The Distractions 2007 tour

Mitch Benn and the Distractions: The Where Next Tour

Mitch Benn: It's About Time

Mitch Benn: Rhyme Lord

The World Stands Up Live

Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music

Mitch Benn and The Distractions

Comedy HayDay

Ha Ha Hammersmith II

Leicester Comedy Festival Preview Show 2009

Twitter Comedy Night

Mitch Benn's Music Club

Mitch Benn

Mitch Benn: Reduced Circumstances

The Distraction Club

Mitch Benn Is the 37th Beatle

Mitch Benn Is the 37th Beatle

Mitch Benn: Don't Believe a Word

BBC: Mitch Benn Has Left the Building

Mitch Benn: That Was the Future

Mitch Benn: Don't Fear the Reaper

Mitch Benn: I'm Still Here

Mitch Benn: Doing It on Purpose

Mitch Benn: Ten Songs to Save the World

Mitch Benn: It's About Time

Mitch Benn: The Point

Mitch Benn: The World's Cleverest Idiot

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