Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 94
Luisa Omielan: What Would Beyonce Do?! review
The BBC calls Luisa Omielan's show a 'Valentines Day special' - which suggests they didn't realise that it's built around the tale of a devastating break-up.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th February 2017Review: Luisa Omielan: What Would Beyonce Do?!
It seems like a performance of pure attitude, but gradually, the reality behind this bold front is revealed.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th February 2017Review - Paul Foot's Game of Dangers
No one in their right mind would put the absurd and unpredictable Paul Foot in charge of a game show. So he's done it himself, given that 'being in his right mind' is not a charge he's ever knowingly guilty of.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th February 2017Andy Zaltzman: Plan Z review
The laughs tend to thin as Zaltzman serves up more of the same, but he remains fascinating in his silly and sardonic analysis. He certainly earns more than a few applause breaks for making very good points.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th February 2017Danny Baker review
If you wonder what took such an avowed lover of light entertainment so long to embark on a stage show of his own, the answer is surely that he was too busy picking up an impressive arsenal of first-hand stories to populate it.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th February 2017Sean Kelly review
As the host of hit auction show Storage Hunters, Sean Kelly is known for his great salesmanship in pushing goods of wildly variable quality. It's easy to say the same about his stand-up.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th February 2017Review: Angelos & Barry
They are both marginalised characters on the edge of society - either from bored self-destruction, or simply by being old and forgotten. So when Angelos Epithemiou and 82-year-old Barry From Watford team up for a podcast a couple of years back, it made perfect sense.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th February 2017Preview: Tracey Ullman's Show Series 2
Overall, the strike rate, upped with some hit-and-run quickies, is impressive. Tracey Ullman's Show could be that most elusive of things: a primetime BBC One show that pleases critics as much as audiences.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd February 2017Review: Simon Munnery: Standing Still
Simon Munnery could be his generation's Peter Cook. A bone fide comedy genius, but one showing little drive, at least in his performance, to maximise his innate brilliance.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd February 2017Review - The Maydays: Happily Never After
While there were a reasonable smattering of laughs from bona fide funny lines, the show relies more for its amusement on a sense of strangeness and the occasional struggles of its talented cast with their ad-hoc logic.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd February 2017