Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 63
Review: Joe Lycett's Got Your Back
The ever-watchable host's charisma and cheeky good nature carries the gear changes, while Silcox adds a more subtly subversive tone that should win him more fans. No need to demand your money back here.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th April 2019Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story review
It''s not entirely clear whether Chris Sievey would approve of this documentary. He always insisted on remaining entirely separate from his alter-ego Frank Sidebottom almost to the extent, it is suggested, of schizophrenia. He hated being seen without the papier-maché head, with bandmate Rick Sarko believing that was because he had an almost pathological fear of being seen as a normal human being.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th March 2019Dead Pixels review
There are perils in making a comedy about gaming. After all, the core market may be too firmly glued to their screens to tune in, while the geeky image of the pastime that endures even as more people partake could be a turn-off for non-players.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th March 2019Teenage Cancer Trust comedy night 2019 review
Featuring mainstream big-hitter John Bishop, the relatively unknown Susie McCabe and the energetic Seann Walsh and world-weary Romesh Ranganathan, this year's Teenage Cancer Trust benefit at the Royal Albert Hall was a night of gentle, lukewarm 'modern life' comedy, occasionally punctuated by energy and uproar.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th March 2019Road To Brexit review
The one-off Road To Brexit is a bit of an oddity, as much funny peculiar as funny ha-ha; but with so much calamitous news surrounding our chaotic leaving of the EU, it's good to have a laugh that isn't dependent upon cynical views of the political shambles, and is simply just daft instead.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th March 2019Titiana McGrath book review
But what's funny in tweets can get grinding over the length of a book, even one as concise as this, and the nagging whisper that gags at the expense of the more extreme utterances of the left are actually promoting a more unpleasant agenda of the reactionary right starts getting louder.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th March 2019Paul Mayhew-Archer: Incurable Optimist review
After a lifetime in comedy, Parkinson's has given him a reason to finally do stand-up, and a determination to make the most of his situation. In this, he's quietly inspirational, though mild-mannered Mayhew-Archer is far too modest to ever make such a claim for himself.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd March 2019Henry Paker: Man Alive at Soho Theatre review
They might not write love songs for people in long-term relationships, but it turns out Paker's written a delightful, enterprising and classy comedy show for them - as well as those still in, or still seeking, the first flush of romance, too.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd March 2019Seann Walsh: After This One I'm Going Home review
Seann Walsh isn't the first comedian to open his set with a variation on: 'So I'm single...', nor will he be the last. But few will have landed in that situation quite so publicly as the man whose drunken snog with a work colleague was, by his reckoning, front-page news for 12 straight days.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th March 2019Review - Benjamin
Simon Amstell is a film-maker wh''s made a film about a film maker making a film about his inability to love, a topic that long informed his stand-up.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th March 2019