IAN WARING AKA FLECKY BENNETT IS A PROFESSIONAL ACTOR/COMEDIAN BASED IN MANCHESTER UK

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IAN WARING

IAN STARTED HIS CAREER AS LEAD SINGER AND LYRICIST OF ROCK BAND ANGELHEART. AFTER FOUR YEARS OF CONSTANT GIGGING AND RECORDING AND LANDING RADIO AIR TIME ON TOMMY VANCE’S RADIO 1 FRIDAY ROCK SHOW, IAN CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH.

KNOWING THAT PERFORMING INFRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE WAS HIS CALLING, AFTER A TWO YEAR BTEC PERFORMING ARTS DIPLOMA. HE WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY TO BE ACCEPTED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THEATRE CAPITOL THEATRE . PREVIOUS GRADUATES FROM THE SCHOOL INCLUDE STEVE COOGAN, JULIE WALTERS, CAROLINE AHERNE AND DAVID THRELFALL.

IAN GRADUATED WITH A BA HONS ACTING DEGREE IN 1999. HE MADE HIS DEBUT ACTING PERFORMANCE AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE MANCHESTER. THIS WAS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY PARTS IN TV SHOWS BAD GIRLS, CRIMES THAT SHOOK BRITAIN, A LEAD PART IN TV DRAMA BLOODY MURDER AND A RECURRING PART IN CORONATION STREET.

IN 2009 AFTER YEARS OF BEING A JOBBING ACTOR, IAN REALISED THAT HIS PASSION FOR GHOST STORIES. THE WORK OF M.R JAMES AND HAMMER HORROR FILMS OFFERED UP THE POTENTIAL FOR A NEW LINE OF WORK BRINGING ABOUT THE CREATION OF FLECKY BENNETT.

IAN HAS NOW WRITTEN AND PERFORMED OVER 30 DIFFERENT FLECKY BENNETT PRODUCTIONS AND HE IS DESCRIBED AS ‘GHOST WALKER EXTRAORDINAIRE” BY VISIT MANCHESTER

FLECKY HAS PERFORMED FOR OVER 85,000 PEOPLE IN THE LAST 17 YEARS, EARNING TRIPADVISOR AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE EVERY YEAR SINCE JOINING TRIPADVISOR IN 2014!

WITH HUNDREDS OF EXCELLENT REVIEWS!

IAN IS THE NUMBER ONE PROFESSIONAL TOUR IN MANCHESTER ON TRIPADVISOR & THE ONLY PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED ACTOR IN THE UK OFFERING SUCH PERFORMANCES

IAN ALSO OWNS THE GHOST WALK LONDON WHERE HE PERFORMS THE HIGHGATE GHOST & VAMPIRE WALK. IAN ALSO HAS DEVISED AND CREATED THE PARIS GHOST WALK WHICH IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD BECAUSE OF BREXIT LIMITATIONS

IAN, ALONG WITH HIS BUSINESS PARTNER & WIFE EMMA, CREATED 20 BRAND NEW ONLINE FRIDAY FRIGHT NIGHT FACEBOOK & YOUTUBE PERFORMANCES, 3 VIRTUAL PERFORMANCES & 2 ZOOM PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT COVID WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO WATCH FOR FREE ON THE FLECKY BENNETT PRODUCTIONS YOUTUBE CHANNEL

THERE IS ALSO AN EXCLUSIVE RANGE OF MERCHANDISE WITH MANY OF THE ITEMS HAND PRINTED BY FLECKY.