Press Reviews
Richard Turner, The Scotsman, 12th August 1998
Moor,
a three-way cross between Lewis Carroll,
Magnus Pyke and Rowan Atkinson plays for
laughs, but there is a slightly more serious
and quintessentially English side to what he
does. He is never less than captivating.
Twelve's denouement is faintly
nonsensical, but the show ends with the
audience feeling they have been taken on a
wonderful journey of discovery. It is quite
a ride, showing new depths to this
increasingly angular performer.
Phil Gibby, The Stage
A
trivial failure to communicate generates Ben
Moor's gloriously bizarre solo comic
narrative Twelve. Moor's lanky,
gangling frame is combined with an
intellect that square-dances through
everyday occurrences, spewing forth images.
Moor is the most determinedly
surrealistic of the current crop of young
comics.
Ian Shuttleworth, Financial Times
The
impossibly gangly Ben Moor has a naturally
hilarious body. his neck just carries
all the way down.
Kate Bassett, The Times
(Ben
Moor's) act is rare in coming complete with a
plot. But it is the word play that
delights. He deserved a Perrier nomination.
Antony Thorncroft, Financial Times
(The
plot) is an excuse to string together a beautiful
collection of disparate bizarre observations.
No cliche is safe; puns are taken pitilessly
to their logical extreme. (The resolution) is
packed with far more pathos than any thriller
/ sci-fi oddball alternative and shows Moor in
a surprisingly dramatic dimension. Moor's been
bubbling under for years. It's time he
surfaced as the comic genius he is.
Gabe Stewart, The List
He
had Jenny Eclair collapsed in the front row,
teeth tottering, wig askew. What Ben Moor's
surreal brand of train of thought spotting can
do for her, he can do for you.
Hit List, The List
Ben
Moor is a gangly mad professor type... he is a
cult rather than a star. Weird but good.
Andrew Martin, Hot Tickets, 3rd July 1997
Ben
Moor's suavely accomplished Twelve...
blends Hitchcock suspense with myriad off
kilter concepts... to create a supernatural
monologue worthy of the early 20th century
satirist Saki. High, if obscure, praise.
Ian Watson, Melody Maker, 14th September
1996
Ben
Moor's one man play, Twelve... was brilliant,
sporting more jokes and wittylines in a single
hour than a whole series of Red Dwarf.
Ian Sorenson, SFX Magazine
Lanky
oddball Ben Moor impressed everyone at
Edinburgh last year with his hit show Twelve,
a strange mix of stand-up and surreal story
telling. Expect lots of entertaining nonsense.
Tim Lusher, Evening Standard, 8th July 1997
