Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 91
Joel Dommett Live review
'Who here's seen my penis?,' asks Joel Dommett. Huge cheer. 'Who here's seen my comedy?' Notably smaller cheer.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th May 2017John Cleese Presents review
Such readings might have made a good Radio 4 Book Of The Week had they done it when the book was published. However, the odd format, more suited to Radio 4 Extra continuity than a stand-alone programme, seems like an attempt to make up for lost time.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th May 2017Horace: Default Friends review
The good-natured quirkiness and off-the-wall ideas are enough to overcome sometimes overindulgent writing, especially if you take the Brighton Fringe performance of Default Friends as a work-in-progress.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th May 2017James Bennison: How To Be A Winner review
The whole show is shlocky and cheerfully low-rent - adjectives that apply to the host as much as the games - yet is fun precisely because it is so tacky.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th May 2017Intimate Strangers review
Male sketch duo Intimate Strangers would like to revel in a dark brand of humour, although they apply their sick ideas far too bluntly.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th May 2017Loaded review
When sitcom characters suddenly become wealthy, it's rarely good news for the viewer. Think Roseanne or Only Fools And Horses. But Channel 4's Loaded could well break that jinx, depicting four newly-minted tech millionaires who quickly realise that riches are the start of their problems, not the end.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th May 2017Book review: Neuropolis by Robert Newman
Oh no! Not another arena-filling comedian with a quasi-academic tome about neuroscience. I've only just finished Lee Evans on hippocampal Cb2 receptor gene expression and Roy 'Chubby' Brown on the lateral occipital sulcus.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th May 2017Russell Brand - Re:Birth review
As you'd expect, Brand continues to sell his flamboyantly eloquent routines with the brash chutzpah of a Victorian sideshow barker, playing up his Essex cheeky-chappiness even though he's now 41 and living in exquisite Henley-upon-Thames.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th May 2017Mindhorn review
There are enough laughs from the characters, if not the plot, to make for an entertaining 90 minutes.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd May 2017Rum Bunch preview
Rum Bunch is an unashamedly old-fashioned slice of gang-show radio comedy.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd May 2017