Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 72
Marcus Brigstocke at Latitude 2018
Marcus Brigstocke, who is to Latitude what the ravens are to the Tower of London, has built something of a reputation for being the voice of liberal middle-class conscience.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th July 2018Jonathan Pie at Latitude 2018
It's testament to the power of Jonathan Pie's rhetoric that he can get a round of applause from an audience for calling them morons. And when he points out the irony, they only love him more.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th July 2018Petfringe Comedian Of The Year review
The contest may not have specifically been looking for 'promise', but they found it anyway, in a comic just three years into his career. A mix of old-timers and relative rookies makes the Petfringe competition like few others. And with the anonymous donor pledging to maintain the mega-prize until 2020, it's likely to be hard fought for a couple more years at least.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th July 2018Richard Gadd: Daddy Diaries preview
The attempt to transfer the intense, in-your-face multimedia onslaught of Richard Gadd's live shows into the single medium of audio has mixed success.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th July 2018The Great Yorkshire Fringe Launch Gala review
Not quite everyone was glued to the football last night. Though some audience members clearly managed to divide their attention between the comedy gig launching the Great Yorkshire Fringe and events at the Otkritie Arena, given how quickly news of Colombia's late equaliser spread around the room.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th July 2018Wilson Dixon: For the First Time. Again
They take things slow in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Real slow. In this rural backwater, all there is to do is languidly strum your guitar and ponder the mysteries of life, wallow in heartache and take another slug of bourbon.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th June 2018Robin Ince review
This is a celebration, not a diatribe, though it has all the unfocussed urgency of the latter. You'll emerge informed, educated - and probably validated too. Lord Reith would be happy.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th June 2018My Dad Wrote A Porno at the Royal Albert Hall review
It probably wasn't the edifying, erudite entertainment the buttoned-down Victorians had in mind when they constructed the Royal Albert Hall.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd June 2018Eaten by Lions review
A great cast including Johnny Vegas and Asim Chaudhry bring a good dose of fun to the new British comedy Eaten By Lions, which premieres at the Edinburgh International Film Festival today. But director Jason Wingard can be clunky in his handling emotional moments - which lean towards over-sentimentalised cliché - and occasionally the comic ones, too.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st June 2018Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing preview
Once he was in The Fast Show, now he's in a very slow one.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th June 2018