Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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Vic 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 2019Ali Brice: Bin Wondering review
This is the story of the several hours Ali Brice spent in a wheelie bin. And that scenario, ridiculous as it seems, is actually the serious, heartfelt, personal meat between two slices of stupidity in this sandwich of absurdity.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th November 2019Tim Minchin: Back review
It's hard to believe that it's been eight years since Tim Minchin last toured the UK... but it's been a busy four-fifths of a decade.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th November 2019Review - Stewart Lee: Snowflake/Tornado
Although the broad sweeps of Lee's work take in familiar liberal arguments, there's a weight and a detail that provides substantial food for thought. As with so much of his work, it's the sort of comedy that you'll recall days or weeks after the gig as situations he describes re-present themselves. Or if you sit down for some shark-based movie action.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th November 2019Tony Law: Identifies review
Tony Law's at pains to point out he's not like other comedians with their slick, structured shows that actually connect to their titles. 'There's no learning here, no feelings,' he insists.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th November 2019Beat The Frog World Series Final 2019 review
It probably seemed tongue in cheek when Manchester's Frog and Bucket club decided to name its gong show champion-of-champions nights The World Series. But 16 years on, and it's a far more international affair than the US baseball contest that shares its name, with representatives from Lithuania, Sudan, Taiwan, Australia and Canada.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th November 2019Count Arthur Strong: Is There Anybody Out There? review
Science has given us great communicators like Carl Sagan, able to convey the complex, awesome mysteries of the universe with wonder and perfect clarity. Count Arthur Strong is not one of them.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th November 2019