Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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Fascinating Aida review
Attitude, wit and attention to detail ensure an effortlessly entertaining show, even if some of the comedic content is away from the cutting show. It may be the easily consumed Christmas treat you need.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th December 2019Leicester Square Theatre New Act Of The Year review
Too much? Fifteen comedians on one new act final might feel like overkill, but no act seemed undeserving of their place at the climax of the Leicester Square Theatre talent hunt last night - and all were certainly strong enough to make a long show fly by.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th December 2019100 Things I Meant To Tell You by Arthur Smith review
This may be legally actionable, given the reputation that Arthur Smith has carefully fostered for himself - but I'm not sure he's all that grumpy.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th December 2019Preview: Gavin & Stacey Christmas special
"It's like old times, isn't it, babe?" Mathew Horne's Gavin says at the start of this festive episode, which has been a very long time coming.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd December 2019Review: Act Of God, with Zoe Lyons
Act Of God is not an Almighty success. But it is a gently satirical and moderately entertaining, poke at the follies of religion, as ultimately inoffensive as your average Songs Of Praise.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd December 2019Upright review
Tim Minchin largely, but not entirely, eschews the laughs in this odd-couple road-trip drama, which boasts two intriguing characters with murky back stories.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th November 2019Vic and Bob's Big Night Out review
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer look like they are men with nothing to prove any more, and that's wonderfully liberating.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th November 2019John Kearns: Double Take and Fade Away review
It's easy to wax lyrical about the bathetic poetry of the mundane that hallmarks John Kearns's work. But in praising the distinctive, quirky elegance of his philosophical vignettes, we shouldn't overlook the fact, for all his protestations of being 'not for everyone', the double Edinburgh Comedy Award winner is damn funny.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th November 2019Jack Whitehall: Stood Up review
Stood Up is a disappointingly tepid affair, a swathe of unexceptional observations, only occasionally enlivened with a first-hand anecdote, that leaves an underwhelming feeling that he's just going through the motions.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th November 2019The Cockfields review
Joe Wilkinson has become known as the weird one on panel shows such as 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. But in this all-too-relatable three-part comedy, he actually turns out to be the normal one at the centre of other people's oddness.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th November 2019