Chris Ashworth-Bennion
@chrisabennion.bsky.social
welsh person. freelance arts journalist. ex TV and Radio Editor at The Telegraph. ex TV and theatre for The Times. mainly nonsense on here.
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'Full of theatrical magic'
★★★★ Telegraph
'A fiery comedy that comes out roaring'
★★★★ The Stage
The Red Rogue of Bala by NHB author Chris Ashworth-Bennion is now on @theatrclwyd.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/red-rogue-of...
★★★★ Telegraph
'A fiery comedy that comes out roaring'
★★★★ The Stage
The Red Rogue of Bala by NHB author Chris Ashworth-Bennion is now on @theatrclwyd.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/red-rogue-of...
Thanks so much to everyone at NHB. Couldn't be more thrilled.
Harry Wilson ❤️❤️❤️
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Harry Wilson ❤️❤️❤️
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My god. My god.
Oh fucking hell.
God.
Oh fucking hell.
God.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My god. My god.
Oh fucking hell.
God.
Oh fucking hell.
God.
Such awful news. She leaves an enormous hole.
Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Such awful news. She leaves an enormous hole.
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"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
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Giving a lecture on the drafts of The Waste Land tomorrow and all the strange and haunting lines that Eliot and Pound decided to cut
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Giving a lecture on the drafts of The Waste Land tomorrow and all the strange and haunting lines that Eliot and Pound decided to cut
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Thanks so much to everyone at NHB. Couldn't be more thrilled.
'Full of theatrical magic'
★★★★ Telegraph
'A fiery comedy that comes out roaring'
★★★★ The Stage
The Red Rogue of Bala by NHB author Chris Ashworth-Bennion is now on @theatrclwyd.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/red-rogue-of...
★★★★ Telegraph
'A fiery comedy that comes out roaring'
★★★★ The Stage
The Red Rogue of Bala by NHB author Chris Ashworth-Bennion is now on @theatrclwyd.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/red-rogue-of...
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thanks so much to everyone at NHB. Couldn't be more thrilled.
Thanks so much to everyone at NHB. Couldn't be more thrilled.
'Full of theatrical magic'
★★★★ Telegraph
'A fiery comedy that comes out roaring'
★★★★ The Stage
The Red Rogue of Bala by NHB author Chris Ashworth-Bennion is now on @theatrclwyd.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/red-rogue-of...
★★★★ Telegraph
'A fiery comedy that comes out roaring'
★★★★ The Stage
The Red Rogue of Bala by NHB author Chris Ashworth-Bennion is now on @theatrclwyd.bsky.social.
Get your playscript copy at the venue or online: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/red-rogue-of...
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thanks so much to everyone at NHB. Couldn't be more thrilled.
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All good writing is embarrassing
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
All good writing is embarrassing
My debut play, The Red Rogue of Bala, opens tonight at my hometown theatre. Can't thank everyone at Theatr Clwyd enough. Wonderful, surreal, terrifying. www.theatrclwyd.com/event/the-re...
The Red Rogue of Bala. | Theatr Clwyd
A hilarious, fast-paced comedy in the heart of Denbighshire.
1913. In a dark, dingy pub, stood on a table top soaked in beer and ale, John Jones - rogue an
www.theatrclwyd.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My debut play, The Red Rogue of Bala, opens tonight at my hometown theatre. Can't thank everyone at Theatr Clwyd enough. Wonderful, surreal, terrifying. www.theatrclwyd.com/event/the-re...
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"Player 238. Eliminated." My day on the set of Squid Game: The Challenge www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/0...
A £3.5m prize fund and outrageous lying: Behind the scenes of the Squid Game The Challenge
Chris Bennion zips into his green tracksuit and braves the cavernous set of Netflix’s wildly successful game show
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Player 238. Eliminated." My day on the set of Squid Game: The Challenge www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/0...
"Player 238. Eliminated." My day on the set of Squid Game: The Challenge www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/0...
A £3.5m prize fund and outrageous lying: Behind the scenes of the Squid Game The Challenge
Chris Bennion zips into his green tracksuit and braves the cavernous set of Netflix’s wildly successful game show
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Player 238. Eliminated." My day on the set of Squid Game: The Challenge www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/0...
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Happy Hallowe'en! I went to visit Britain's spookiest man - Danny Robins www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-t...
Ghost hunter Danny Robins: ‘Even the most hardened sceptics secretly hope that ghosts exist’
The paranormal podcaster on becoming a lightning rod for supernatural belief in Britain and beyond
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Happy Hallowe'en! I went to visit Britain's spookiest man - Danny Robins www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-t...
Happy Hallowe'en! I went to visit Britain's spookiest man - Danny Robins www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-t...
Ghost hunter Danny Robins: ‘Even the most hardened sceptics secretly hope that ghosts exist’
The paranormal podcaster on becoming a lightning rod for supernatural belief in Britain and beyond
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Happy Hallowe'en! I went to visit Britain's spookiest man - Danny Robins www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-t...
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Thank you to everyone at Theatr Clwyd for giving us a tour around your beautifully redeveloped spaces. What a magnificent theatre. Congratulations to the whole team. We can’t wait to bring Our Town here next February.
🎟 welshnationaltheatre.com/our-town
🎟 welshnationaltheatre.com/our-town
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Thank you to everyone at Theatr Clwyd for giving us a tour around your beautifully redeveloped spaces. What a magnificent theatre. Congratulations to the whole team. We can’t wait to bring Our Town here next February.
🎟 welshnationaltheatre.com/our-town
🎟 welshnationaltheatre.com/our-town
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OMG the FT is hiring a junior arts editor -- what a terrific opportunity! job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
Junior Arts Editor
London
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
October 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
OMG the FT is hiring a junior arts editor -- what a terrific opportunity! job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
*Wales flag emoji*
What’s the collective noun for Artistic Directors? An inspiring gathering at Theatr Clwyd: Francesca Goodridge (incoming Artistic Director, Sherman Theatre), Kate Wasserberg (Theatr Clwyd) and Michael Sheen (Welsh National Theatre).
October 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
*Wales flag emoji*
This is the most astonishing thing I have ever read harpers.org/archive/2025...
The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz
Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation
harpers.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is the most astonishing thing I have ever read harpers.org/archive/2025...
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No no no no no no no no NEVER let American shows come to London. It will all be cameos for Geri Halliwell and Richard Branson, and a posh star (Joanna Lumley?) affecting a cockney accent. There will be comedy policemen. A minor royal played by Eddie Redmayne. I veto this. I VETO IT.
‘Only Murders in the Building’ was renewed for a sixth season set in London. It’s now ‘Only Murders in the Block of Flats.’
Only Murders in the Building Season 6 Will Head to London
‘Only Murders in the Building’ was renewed for a sixth season set in London. It’s now ‘Only Murders in the Block of Flats.’
www.vulture.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
No no no no no no no no NEVER let American shows come to London. It will all be cameos for Geri Halliwell and Richard Branson, and a posh star (Joanna Lumley?) affecting a cockney accent. There will be comedy policemen. A minor royal played by Eddie Redmayne. I veto this. I VETO IT.
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A pleasure to spend a day on the rails with the inimitable Guy Martin www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/guy-mar...
Guy Martin: ‘Britain isn’t going to have another industrial revolution any time soon’
The mechanic-turned-presenter on the steam train that changed the world, the country’s broken bureaucracy and why he’s never voted
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A pleasure to spend a day on the rails with the inimitable Guy Martin www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/guy-mar...
If you're enjoying that Guy Martin programme on Channel 4....
A pleasure to spend a day on the rails with the inimitable Guy Martin www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/guy-mar...
Guy Martin: ‘Britain isn’t going to have another industrial revolution any time soon’
The mechanic-turned-presenter on the steam train that changed the world, the country’s broken bureaucracy and why he’s never voted
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you're enjoying that Guy Martin programme on Channel 4....
A pleasure to spend a day on the rails with the inimitable Guy Martin www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/guy-mar...
Guy Martin: ‘Britain isn’t going to have another industrial revolution any time soon’
The mechanic-turned-presenter on the steam train that changed the world, the country’s broken bureaucracy and why he’s never voted
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A pleasure to spend a day on the rails with the inimitable Guy Martin www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/guy-mar...
There aren't many anythings set in northeast Wales, but a *comedy*? Praise be! From the brilliant people behind Bravo Two Charlies.
We made a comedy show! THE ABERGELE FILES puts the D into cozy crime. If you want to start a detective agency, it turns out you need to do more than read a couple of Richard Osmans.
Starts tonight, 6.30 on BBC Radio Wales then on BBC Sounds
Starts tonight, 6.30 on BBC Radio Wales then on BBC Sounds
October 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
There aren't many anythings set in northeast Wales, but a *comedy*? Praise be! From the brilliant people behind Bravo Two Charlies.
yeah why
October 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
yeah why