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Steve Bennett (I)

  • Journalist and reviewer

Press clippings Page 61

Supper 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 2019

Brexit review

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th June 2019

Neil 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

Review: Amused Moose New Comedy Award finalists

Ahead of their day in the sun at the Edinburgh Fringe on August 19, the finalists in this year's Amused Moose New Comedy Award got a chance to run through their sets in the 'little top' at Richmond's Big Funny Fest.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th June 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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