Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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The Day Shall Come review
Morris certainly succeeds in using satire to throw some light onto the shady operations of the FBI, but whether The Day Shall Come succeeds as a gripping, convincing story or astute comedy is mooter. But there's plenty of food for thought generated from the subject matter.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th October 2019Frank Skinner: Showbiz review
He was the face of the lad comics who dominated the 1990s, talking football on the telly and sex, in graphic detail, on stage. But now Frank Skinner's 62 and he admits the libido has gone.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th October 2019Rudi Lickwood's Five Minutes To Shine review
New act finals can be stressful enough for the inexperienced comedian at the best of time, but Rudi Lickwood's Five Minutes To Shine added an extra - entirely unexpected - obstacle.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th October 2019Review - Frisky & Mannish: Pop Lab
Why would you stay in when there's this much fun to be had going out?
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th 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 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 2019Review - 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 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 2019