Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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Frank Skinner: 30 Years Of Dirt review
To deploy the cliché 'he makes it look effortless' can't do justice to how instinctive the mechanics of stand-up are to Frank Skinner.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th February 2024Jonathan Pie: Heroes And Villains review
You can't fault the sheer amount of effort and energy he puts into his superpowered performance.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd February 2024Drop The Dead Donkey: The Reawakening review
There's more to Drop The Dead Donkey: The Reawakening than simple nostalgia that should offer an appeal beyond the TV show's existing fan base.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 31st January 2024Chris McCausland: Yonks! review
The wheel may remain resolutely unreinvented in Chris McCausland's new tour, but he uses it to cement his reputation as a skilled practitioner of relatable everyman comedy.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th January 2024Miles Jupp: On I Bang review
Review of the comedian's show about dealing with a brain tumour.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd January 2024Matthew Hayhurst: Retirement Show review
Save some convoluted premise setting the events in purgatory, this is a chronological run-through of the fictional - and very unlikely-sounding - 126-year comedy career of Matthew Hayhurst.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd January 2024My most memorable comedy gigs of 2023
A personal look back from Chortle editor Steve Bennett.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th December 2023Arena: Caroline Aherne review
In such a short life she left a remarkable body of work, and this suitably warm-hearted documentary stands as fitting testimony to that amazing legacy.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th December 2023Ghosts 2023 Christmas special review
What an utterly charming way to end an utterly charming comedy.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th December 2023Not Going Out, 100th episode review
A hundred episodes is quite some achievement for any UK sitcom. But it also means Lee Mack's remarkably long-lived Not Going Out has come to feel like part of the furniture rather than appointment-to-view TV.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th December 2023