Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 62
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 2019Frankenstein 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 2019Review - 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 2019Review - Impromptu Shakespeare
The temptation must surely strong to slip into modern vernacular for an easy laugh at the anachronism - and they do occasionally, succumb to it.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2019Review - 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 2019Review - Rob Auton: The Talk Show
No, he's not making a pitch to occupy Graham Norton's chair. The Talk Show is another meticulously themed show from Rob Auton, this one about a key tool of his trade.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th May 2019Comedy Bloomer's LGBTQ+ New Comedian Of The Year review
The spoils - a whole £250 - went to Charlie George, a personable and witty comic who seems to have come a long way in the five short months since an unremarkable performance the Leicester Square new comedian final.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd May 2019Review: The Cheeky Chappie
Jamie Kenna has been doing this on-and-off - if mostly off - for 15 years, and his reproduction of the Cheeky Chappie's fast-talking innuendo-ridden act is spot-on, especially in the way he plays off the crowd's responses, just as Max Miller did, rather than being a static performance behind the fourth wall.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th May 2019Review: Christian Brighty is Grandad in Grandad
The engineered spontaneity that underpins the hour can be great fun, although after a while you might crave some sort of tether for the shenanigans - a jeopardy that there's some underlying show to subvert, not just mucking about.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th May 2019Kiki Mellék: Law Of Attraction review
One part Katie Price, one part Melania Trump and two parts Kim Kardashian, Kiki Mellék is shallow, venal eurotrash - obsessed with an Instagrammable lifestyle and always mutilating herself under the surgeon's knife to become a grotesquely exaggerated parody of beauty.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 19th May 2019