Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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Review - Max & Ivan: Our Story at Latitude
Max & Ivan tore the roof of Latitude's cabaret arena yesterday. And that's not a figure of speech; during an ambitious bit of choreography, Max's foot caught the fabric canopy and pulled some of it from its moorings.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th July 2016Review - Adam Buxton's Bug: David Bowie Special
Fun, poignancy and a little introspection. I'd say that was a fitting tribute.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th July 2016Review: Nick Helm at Latitude 2016
No one who saw him in full unsettled mode, as in this afternoon's performance, can never forget him, for better or worse. There might be funnier, slicker, more consistent comedians at Latitude, but few so memorable.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th July 2016Man Down Series 3 review
For the classroom scenes provide so many of the best lines in the sharp script, often from the kids in Dan's drama class.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th July 2016Review: Boy With Tape On His Face and Richard Herring
By the time The Boy With Tape On His Face closed the Henley Festival venue, Will Young had finished and the tent was jam-packed for this undeniable treat.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th July 2016English Comedian Of The Year 2016
In the end, it was a relative rookie who triumphed - and will now be gracing next year's Adelaide and Perth festivals down under on the back of his achievement. Josh Pugh, winner of a couple of new act awards in the Midlands last year, took the title for a set packed full of short, quirky jokes from a peculiarly offbeat mind.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th July 2016Review: Old Comedian Of The Year 2016
Never mind Old Comedian Of The Year, maybe it's time for a Posh Comedian Of The Year competition, given the number of upper-class characters - real, exaggerated or fictional - on display in this year's competition for the over-35s.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th July 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie - review
Producers did not release the Ab Fab film to the critics ahead of its release yesterday, which is rarely a vote of confidence. Add to that the fact that it's a big-screen adaptation of a sitcom - a genre with a patchy track record, The Inbetweeners Movie notwithstanding - and that it uses the tired and tested plot device of plonking their characters somewhere foreign, and the signs are not encouraging. Yet despite such portents, Absolutely Fabulous is as much of a fun, raucous romp as fans would have hoped for - director Mandie Fletcher throwing proceedings into the preposterous story and high camp with as much vigour now as there was when the series started a rather incredible 24 years ago.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd July 2016Review - Brickhead: Yeah Yeah Yeah?
Brickhead has the requisite playfulness and pseudo-vulnerability, which makes him easily likeable, even if the show is in search of purpose.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 19th June 2016The World Of Simon Rich review
It's in the longer fictions in which the show finds its own place and pace, with an unhurried storytelling that sets up delightful images. The absurdity starts with a whimsical Alice In Wonderland-style tale about a nine-year-old girl and her adventures with a waistcoated goat.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd June 2016