Ben Roy

Ben wields a knife on stage, grabs an audience member’s head by his ears, stares down into his soul, and screams “I was on extended basic cable television!” Ben howls out to the audience with an eccentric enthusiasm – and they howl back and echo the same feral and carnivorous energy that earned this special the apt name, "Hyena". With audience in tow, he rants about the downfall of American society and how letting go may be our last hope in this chaotic yet surprisingly optimistic view of our inevitable demise and the cackling laughter we can enjoy while watching it die.

Kyle Kinane is back with a brand new hourlong comedy show and he’s brought a few friends along. Shot June 14, 2013 in Chicago as part of the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, Dancing Around the Shit Fire is a no holds barred, uncensored romp featuring Kyle Kinane and comics Bryan Cook (Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction) and Ben Roy (Those Who Can’t) with musical guest Brendan Kelly from The Lawrence Arms. It’s Kinane’s personal “love letter” to his hometown of Chicago, as he returns to a sold out crowd to confess his hilariously true stories and hijinks of living in the ‘Windy City’.

Ben wields a knife on stage, grabs an audience member’s head by his ears, stares down into his soul, and screams “I was on extended basic cable television!” Ben howls out to the audience with an eccentric enthusiasm – and they howl back and echo the same feral and carnivorous energy that earned this special the apt name, "Hyena". With audience in tow, he rants about the downfall of American society and how letting go may be our last hope in this chaotic yet surprisingly optimistic view of our inevitable demise and the cackling laughter we can enjoy while watching it die.