Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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Review - Mo Gilligan: Momentum
Some comedians set themselves away from the norm, others want to show they are just like you. It doesn't take more than a few moments with Mo Gilligan's first Netflix special to know which camp he's in, so loaded is it with reassurances that the topics he's addressing are universal.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th October 2019Motherland series 2 preview
It's a welcome return for Motherland, the comedy that does for parenthood what The Thick Of It did for politics - revealing in ugly detail the stresses and panic behind every hastily improvised decision made by the tired and harassed.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th October 2019Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award review
It has to be the least impressive trophy in comedy. The winner of the Birmingham Comedy Festival's Breaking Talent Award takes home... a branded mug. But then The Ashes is just an 11cm urn.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th October 2019Review: March of the Lemmings by Stewart Lee
In the preamble to this collection of the astringently sour articles that he's written since the referendum, the comedian admits he's deepeningly cynical and depressed about the whole process. And let's face it, his persona was never Mr Sunshine in the first place.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd October 2019Ben Elton Live 2019 review
What is [pBen Elton's place in the world? At 60 years old and 15 years away from the front line of live comedy, can the stand-up who made his name by being radical and relevant still cut it?
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st October 2019Review - Elf Lyons: Love Songs To Guinea Pigs
Her move from the absurd to the personal, without abandoning the sense of silliness that defined the former, can certainly be deemed a success.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th September 2019Elf Lyons: Love Songs To Guinea Pigs review
Her move from the absurd to the personal, without abandoning the sense of silliness that defined the former, can certainly be deemed a success.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th September 2019Frayed review
Once Frayed's premise is finally established, it offers plenty of to suggest this is worth sticking with.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th September 2019Review: Clinton Baptiste in the Paranormalist Returns
There's a thin line between a spoof of a cheesy low-rent entertainer and the real thing, and Alex Lowe - the man behind Baptiste's bouffant - too often finds himself of the wrong side.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd September 2019Funny Women final 2019 review
With so much of today's best comedy, especially on TV, coming from women, it seems more ridiculous than ever to think of female-led comedy as a sub-genre. And judging by the impressively strong final in this year's Funny Women award, there are plenty more talented comics waiting in the traps to keep redressing the industry's historic gender imbalance.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th September 2019