Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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Wife Material review
Heleana and Sophia Blackwell are clearly a joyfully married couple, as much in love now as they were when they first started dating a decade ago. Unfortunately, comedy is easier to grow from misery than happiness - which means Wife Material ends up more sweet than laugh-out-loud funny.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th May 2023Amelia Jane Hunter: Exquisite Pervert review
She might fit the stereotype of a cougar with endless stories of sexual derring-do, but don't ever call Amelia Jane Hunter predatory. Empowered is what she is, knowing what she wants and how to get it, and any judgment passed down on that is just a facet of misogynistic, morally censorious society.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th May 2023Grace Mulvey: Flirt
She's an affable, self-deprecating storyteller who makes the audience feel like old friends with whom she's sharing confidences, holding them in thrall with her indiscretions.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th May 2023Do The Thing: Up To, But Not Exceeding, 10 Musicals
Almost all improvisers ask the audience to determine the subjects of their sketches. Do The Thing go one step further and leave the number of musicals they'll ad lib to the crowd - and fate - which explains the vagueness of the title.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th May 2023Black Ops review
The BBC looks as if it has an instant hit on its hand with Black Ops.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th May 2023Inside No 9: Paraskevidekatriaphobia review
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton can be forgiven for a little bit of showing off in titling their latest Inside No. 9 "Paraskevidekatriaphobia" - the fear of Friday the 13th - though this episode, for the most part, is a (relatively) conventional farce.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th May 2023The Windsors review
In contrast to Frankie Boyle's no-punches-pulled Farewell To The Monarchy, which followed on Channel 4 last night, The Windsors Coronation Special offers a comparatively affectionate mockery of the characters within the Royal Family.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st May 2023Frankie Boyle's Farewell To The Monarchy review
Frankie Boyle's Farewell To The Monarchy is a welcome - and bitterly tart - antidote to the media's wall-to-wall forelock-tugging Coronation coverage, which expects us to believe the pouring of God's special oil from a gold, eagle-shaped ampulla as a perfectly normal part of a modern democracy.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st May 2023Inside No. 9: Mother's Ruin review
Pemberton and Shearsmith's script skilfully sets up the backstory without ever feeling like laboured exposition - and almost every nugget of information proves crucial to what happens next.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th April 2023Chortle Student Comedy Award 2023 final to air on Radio 4 Extra
Radio 4 Extra is to broadcast the 2023 final of the Chortle Student Comedy Award on Thursday 13th July.
British Comedy Guide, 26th April 2023