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Steve Bennett (I)

  • Journalist and reviewer

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The Problem With Men, by Richard Herring review

Anyone who's been on Twitter on March 8 will know the Sisyphean task Richard Herring has taken on in doing fighting trollery with trollery.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th November 2020

Geoff Norcott donates to charity after losing bet

"£1,000 to charity if anyone can dig out a Jim Davidson routine about politics," he tweeted. "I must've missed the bit on Big Break where him and John Virgo were digging out the unions." But Chortle editor Steve Bennett quickly quoted Davidson's 2003 stand-up special Vote For Jim, which contains plenty of political gags, as the title suggests.

Chortle, 20th November 2020

Review: The Emily Atack Show

To be truly patronising the following sentence should really have those handclap emojis between each word. Can TV executives stick to giving stand-up shows to actual stand-ups?

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th November 2020

Review - Daniel Kitson: Dot. Dot. Dot.

As if the world hasn't been knocked off its axis enough this year, here comes another shock... a show from Daniel Kitson that's - whisper it - not a must-see.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd November 2020

Howerd's End review

Frankie Howerd may be the headline draw, but it's his long-term partner Dennis Heymer who finally gets his story told in this new play about their lopsided relationship. But no one would go to a show with his name in the title, which is very much the point.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th October 2020

Review: Out Of Her Mind

As opening lines go, 'My name is Sara Pascoe and I'm going to destroy your faith in love' is as bold and unambiguous a statement of intent as you can get. And hardly the usual manifesto for what's ostensibly a sitcom about relationships.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th October 2020

Mo Gilligan: Black, British And Funny review

Mo Gilligan's Black, British And Funny was as much polemic as celebration, asking those awkward questions about the dearth of opportunities for black comics.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th October 2020

Taskmaster series 10 review

Channel 4's task in poaching Dave's best programme was simple: don't screw it up. And by barely changing a single thing for Taskmaster's tenth series, they passed with flying colours.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th October 2020

Urban Myths: When Joan Kissed Barbra review

Katherine Ryan's acerbic stand-up has been compared to Joan Rivers so often that it was surely a no-brainer to cast her as the younger version of her comedy hero.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th October 2020

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