Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year 2022 review
With 14 acts, the final of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year competition could have been an interminable affair. But some strong performances, a diversity of styles and tight set times kept things brisk and entertaining.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th December 2022A Christmas Carol-ish by Mr Swallow review
There are already nine major versions of A Christmas Carol on the London stage this winter. Now here's No. 10 - guaranteed to be nothing like the rest.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th December 2022Plebs: Soldiers Of Rome review
It's a sign of how much Plebs has become important to ITV that its feature-length farewell episode was heralded as one of the launch highlights of its newly revamped, and retitled, streaming service ITVX.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th December 2022Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive review
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive had an embarrassment of such riches, enabling it to achieve the seemingly impossible task of shedding new light on this one-of-a-kind comedic titan.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th December 2022Comedians, by Steve Best review
This is, quite simply, a gorgeous book: embossed, Bible-black cover and 236 heavy, glossy pages rich with atmospheric, monochrome images of comedians at work and backstage: nervously waiting to go on, or relaxed in the company of their comrades once the battle has been won.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th December 2022Live At The Moth Club review
Going to the actual club would be an infinitely better experience, not that this serves as a great advertisement for doing that.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st December 20222Northdown New Comedian Of The Year 2022 review
The same faces often pop up across multiple new act finals, but the competition run by London venue 2Northdown finds a fresher batch of funny than most. And the 12 who made it to the final - whittled down from around 400 entries - ensured a very entertaining evening.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th November 2022We Are Not Alone review
It's a great premise for a comedy, picking up after the point most alien invasion movies end to imagine just how the extraterrestrials might rule their new domain.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th November 2022OnlyFans comedy talent hunt review
In a bid to expand away from its image as a conduit for home-made porn, OnlyFans has launched a comedy 'creative fund' with a £150,000 prize fund - £100k for the winner, £25k for two runners-up. You probably wouldn't bet on that being enough to overturn the site's reputation, but you can't deny that's a generous contribution to kick-starting a comic's career.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd November 2022Sara Pascoe: Success Story review
From being booked to play Hugh Grant's birthday party to pretending to be a Pete Burns superfan for a reality TV series, Pascoe has a strong array of showbiz encounters to turn into jolly, self-effacing anecdotes, even if you might have heard her tell some of them in the media before.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st November 2022