Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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Lara Ricote and Sikisa amongst 99 Club bursary recipients
Lara Ricote, Sikisa, Ania Magliano, Lily Phillips and Sian Davies received money from the The 99 Club's 2022 bursary for female and non-binary comedians.
British Comedy Guide, 13th June 2022Backstage With Katherine Ryan review
The suggestion that Backstage With Katherine Ryan is a genuine look at what goes on in the green room is clearly a myth. If nothing else, the lawyers would never allow it.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th June 2022Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] review
Given Boris Johnson's daily catalogue of calamities, the time does not seem especially right for satire on the bygone deeds and misdeeds of Tony Blair. But this musical comes from the childish mind of Harry Hill, so the politics almost always plays second fiddle to the silly.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th June 2022Brighton Fringe Comedy Showcase review
Review of some of the odder comedy acts at the festival.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd June 2022Jordan Brookes: This Is Just What Happens review
Compared to the audacious high-concept fare that has so far been his trademark, This Is Just What Happens is Jordan Brookes at his most accessible and most personal.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2022What Women Want! review
What women want is apparently a good job in Dubai - as that's what Kimberley Datnow, the female half of this intended two-hander, is doing instead of stand-up in a Brighton pub function room on a Sunday afternoon. And in the show, she was clearly doing the job of three men, because that's who Peter Bazely replaced her with.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2022Snowflake review
The blurb promises 'truly bewildering comedy performance art' - and the emphasis should definitely lie on the 'bewildering' part. Hanna Winter's one-woman show greys the line between pretentious drama-as-therapy and parodying it - leaving the audience gently bemused.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2022An Audience With Stuart Bagcliffe review
Ignore the billing that this is a 'comedic one-man show': that sets false expectations of what to expect, especially for a play staged in a stand-up space.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2022Mel Byron: Standing At The Back review
Her confidence is testament to the fact that she needn't have been so timid in the past, but that needs to be backed with a tighter, more purposeful script if a show is to demand an audience's attention for an hour.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2022Omar Ibrahim: Decolonise This
Omar Ibrahim offers a more nuanced take on the hypocrisies and rigidity of left-wing thinking, especially regarding race. His take is detoxified by coming from a largely sympathetic standpoint, from playing up his own stupidity and - of course - from not being white.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2022