Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 23
Review: Frankie Boyle at Latitude 2022
He may have spoken about cancel culture during his set - urging the offended to have a sense of perspective and context. But Frankie Boyle shows no sign of watering down his brutal and venomous jokes.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th July 2022Review: Aisling Bea at Latitude 2022
Aisling Bea is not the first comedian to have revealed her ADHD diagnosis. Nor the first for whom it makes perfect sense, given her on-stage persona.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th July 2022Review: David O'Doherty at Latitude 2022
'Let's blow the temporary roof off this meadow!' David O'Doherty opens his Latitude set with a perfect expression of the contradictory brand of modest swagger that he has come to make his own.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th July 2022Review: Russell Howard at Latitude 2022
With smart, satisfying and well-rationed callbacks, Howard builds his giddy anecdotes into a tsunami of feelgood humour, drenching the sizeable crowd in positivity. No wonder they were moved to rise to their feet... and not just in the usual festival shuffle for the exit.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd July 2022Review: The Horne Section at Latitude
Mostly it's just delightfully daft, such as a song to peas which turns out remarkably smutty - although all the double entendres are ignored.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd July 2022Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel review
It comes as a surprise to find it's taken 31 years of doing stand-up for Robin Ince to have his first comedy special on Radio 4.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th July 2022Brian And Charles review
Brian And Charles is a whimsy of such sweet, optimistic nature that you forget the silliness of its premise and forgive its simplistic storytelling.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th July 2022Patrick Kielty: Borderline review
Patrick Kielty's first stand-up show in six years ought to be required viewing for every politician willing to risk the fragile peace in Ireland in the name of some unattainable, idealised version of Brexit.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th June 2022Book review - Sex Bomb by Sadia Azmat
Few aspects of life come laden with as much cultural baggage as sex and sexuality, with all its mores and taboos hardwired into the society in which you grew up.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th June 2022Travis Jay: Son Of David review
Travis Jay has some potent things to say about endemic racism and toxic masculinity - sometimes told with sharp comic analogy, sometimes told from the heart. But he takes time to find passion and direction in a show of patchy quality and muddled focus.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd June 2022