Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 71
Review: Paul Smith: Hiya Mate
It's a remarkable achievement by any yardstick: for the compere of a local comedy club to be able to pack out an arena. But Paul Smith's become something of a hometown hero in Liverpool for hosting Hot Water's shows, with every audience exchange going on YouTube.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th November 2018Beat The Internet With John Robins review
Dave's new gameshow Beat The Internet With John Robins is a very cheap production, which tries to make a virtue of its parsimony by wrapping it in a postmodern irony. It only partially succeeds.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th November 2018Flo And Joan: Alive On Stage review
First impressions of musical comedy sisters Flo and Joan - which may well have been reinforced by those Nationwide building society ads - are of a couple of slightly twee, dinner-cabaret entertainers, twinkling whimsically, but ultimately ineffectively.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th November 2018Billy Connolly: Made In Scotland review
Billy Connolly loves Scotland - though not enough to actually live there most of the time. It's truths like that which mean his compatriots haven't always reciprocated the adorayion.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th November 2018Ross Noble: El Hablador review
It may be impossible to discipline Noble without losing his mischievous essence, but El Hablador could nevertheless be tightened a little more than this.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th November 2018James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 review
In his seventh solo show, James Acaster is still reinventing himself.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st November 2018Inside No 9: Dead Line review
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith love a gimmick, coming up with ever-inventive ways to present each of their Inside No 9 stories.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th October 2018Vulcan 7, with Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer review
Whoever they play on stage, Planer and Edmondson are clearly not washed up just yet.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th October 2018Luisa Omielan's Politics For Bitches review
Commissioning Luisa Omielan to address politics makes perfect sense for the BBC's public-service remit.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd October 2018Dara O Briain: Voice of Reason review
O Briain rattles through both material and his ad-libs so quickly that even if a gag passes you by, he's on to the next one before you notice, yet always building up to a bigger picture: so what might start as a commonplace observation about watching porn on a VR headset snowballs into a brilliantly farcical image.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd October 2018