British Comedy Guide

Steve Bennett (I)

  • Journalist and reviewer

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Review: The Big Funny Festival

The Big Funny Festival is the latest attempt to convert marquee comedy into an all-day event, not just a nice evening gig.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th June 2019

Year Of The Rabbit review

Brash, sweary and massively over the top, Year Of The Rabbit plays to all of Matt Berry's strengths as a larger-than-life performer.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th June 2019

Ellie & Natasia review

Sketch shows might have fallen out of favour with broadcasters, but Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou prove there's plenty of life in the format yet with this ridiculously bonkers offering.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th June 2019

Review - Al Murray: Landlord of Hope and Glory

The Landlord's brilliant flippancy and comic reductiveness isn't quite up to the task of addressing a complex, divided Britain. But there laughs regardless.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th June 2019

Ruby Wax: How To Be Human review

The history of psychology is built on the ideas of two conflicting forces, such as ego and id, left brain and right, lizard mind and monkey mind. So it's probably apt that Ruby Wax's foray into the field, based on her recent book of the same name, is a show of two halves, too.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th June 2019

Review - Utopia: Under Construction

Labouring under the false belief that every show needs a theme, Utopia: Under Construction is a compilation of three newish comedians from South West England.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd June 2019

Review - Ade Foiadelli: Comfortably Dumb

At its core, there is a sensitive show here about loss, the experience of which can come with bittersweet laughs. But, laughs slip through his fingers he as he pushes half-formed jokes too hard and struggles to hit the right mood.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2019

Frankenstein In The Bin review

The 4.40pm time slot at the Brighton is doing Fred Strangebone no favours, as it attracts plenty of young children to his twisted, clowning version of Frankenstein.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2019

Review - Birds: Pluck

When it comes to sketch comedy, Amy Spinks and Kate Novak are almost as traditional as they come.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2019

Review - James Bran: Hack

Although not billed as such, this is a preview for the Edinburgh Fringe - as evidenced by Bran losing his place a few times - but he will need to gag up the second half if this script considerably if he's to make the sort of impact that the first section suggests he's capable of.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2019

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