Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 85
Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent 2017 review
It's called the Breaking Talent award, and last night's winner, Kai Samra, certainly feels like he's on the brink of a breakthrough.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 7th October 2017Review: Bear Jokes in Leyton, East London
Nathan Cassidy, such a safe pair of hands that he does the audience warm-up for the X Factor. His stand-up is a much tricksier affair than you would expect from such a mainstream job, however, and here he ambitiously suggests he might have been responsible for the 2008 financial crash.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th October 2017Porridge: The Go-Between preview
The new Porridge certainly feels comfortable and familiar, but also does enough not to be a shameless counterfeit, even if it clearly exists in the shadow of its forebear.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th October 2017Vir Das: The Boarding Das World Tour review
That might mean a few more tweaks till he gets there, but he's got all the makings of a mainstream global comic.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th September 2017The Pact preview
There are probably funnier shows in this year's batch of BBC comedy pilots, but few as watchable as this.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th September 2017Milton Jones is Out There review
Do we really need another idiot with stupid hair setting out what they would do if they ruled Britain? That's the question Milton Jones asks in his new tour.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th September 2017Review - Phill Jupitus: Juplicity
Not so much about the big laughs (although there are a handful), but instead a most hospitable evening of good-natured craic, affable anecdote and a few poetic party-pieces.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd September 2017Book review: How Not To Be A Boy by Robert Webb
Primarily it's an entertaining story, sometimes powerful and sometimes polemic, of a man trying to figure himself, and society, out.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd September 2017Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father review
Michael's intransigence and Jack's baiting of his dyed-in-the-wool views make for plenty of funny moments.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd September 2017Bad Move: preview
Bad Move is definitely not The Good Life, since Steve and Nicky can't do anything for themselves (and don't want to grow any veg). But it feels even safer than the 1970s sitcom: a couple of enjoyably wry lines and photogenic scenery barely enough to warrant a return visit.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th September 2017