Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 61
Review: Mawaan Rizwan at Latitude
Mawaan Rizwan is a great choice for a festival, not least because of his silly, infectious rap tracks, accompanied by a killer beat, on such significant subjects as mangoes or the fact that he's never been skiing.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th July 2019Review: Egg at Latitude
Toxic masculinity is the through-line of sketch duo Egg. But although Anna Leong Brophy and Emily Lloyd-Saini are obviously coming from a female perspective, they are empathetic to the damage it does to men, too.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th July 2019Review: Tiff Stevenson at Latitude 2019
On Thursday night, Channel 4 viewers would have seen Tiff Stevenson drunkely pratfall off a car in Roisin Conaty's GameFace. On Friday afternoon, she's in a Suffolk field doing what's her bread and butter: cracking feminist-inspired jokes.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th July 2019GameFace series 2 review
Roisin Conaty's sitcom has got a deserved promotion to Channel 4 for its second series, and things seem to be going well for her character, Marcella, too. She's finally got an acting job - the opening slo-mo sequence follows her preparing backstage en route to the spotlight - and she's even passed her driving test.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th July 2019Review - Michelle Collins: Strong Monster
As a show, Strong Monster is very loose and not especially cohesive, but it's driven forcefully onwards by Collins's charismatically camp, scatty energy, making it more fun than it probably has any right to be.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th July 2019Review: I'm Only In It For The Parking by Lee Ridley
He's honest about his life without being mawkish or over-dramatic; emphasising his consistent point that disabled people are not intrinsically different from the non-disabled (or, probably more accurately, the 'not-yet disabled').
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th July 2019Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room on Netflix review
Katherine Ryan's latest stand-up show has a lost a little something in the transition from stage to Netflix. Live, her charisma and playfulness comes through a little stronger than on screen, to better sugar the more abrasive edges of her humour.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd July 2019Supper Club review
That was the aim of a pop-up Supper Club last night, which boasted a bespoke menu, unusual cocktails, and a stand-up - Jack Barry - as a final course.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th June 2019Neil Hamburger review
With Hamburger's creator Gregg Turkington allowing no trace of irony to creep into his alter-ego's worldview, he sings the title song about how 'no one loves a hater'. But plenty of people love this hater, with good reason.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th June 2019