Steve Bennett (II)
- Irish
- Stand-up comedian and musical comedian
Press clippings Page 15
Review - Alan Carr: Yap, Yap, Yap
'I enjoyed that,' I overheard a woman saying on the way out. 'I just wish I could remember any of it.' That seems the perfect summary of the empty distraction Alan Carr offers.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th March 2015TV review: Inside No 9
This is classy TV, a cracking start to an anthology, in which each episode offers fresh delights unlike the last. Bring on No 2 in this bunch of No 9s.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th March 2015Review: Pompidou, with Matt Lucas
Maybe Matt Lucas can take solace from the fact no one liked Paris's now iconic Pompidou Centre when it first opened. For his new physical-comedy namesake is not an obvious initial hit either.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd March 2015Pompidou review
Pompidou is a commendably bold attempt to produce a style of comedy missing from TV - exactly the brief which the BBC should be following. But the problem with experiments is that sometimes they don't quite work.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd March 2015Dara O Briain: Crowd Tickler review
This Southend gig is his first 'proper' UK date after an Irish run and a few warm-ups; and as he wraps up he talks of tweaks he intends to make. They will be minor. The strength of his affable personality makes for an unpretentious couple of hours of comedy in which the laughs flow as fast and fluidly as his pacy material.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th February 2015Review: Michael Mittermeier at the Soho Theatre
A couple of his routines are a little pedestrian, but overall Michael Mittermeier is a much sharper English-speaking comedian than when he first made his debut two-and-a-half years ago. More English-speakers should hear him.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th February 2015TV review: Asylum
The plot of episode one centred on a misunderstanding straight out of Sitcom Writing 101, which any moderately alert viewer will see coming as soon as the seed is planted. In fact, the show is pretty much by-the-numbers stuff, despite its brilliantly timely premise.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th February 2015Review: Her and Her
Her and Her is a straightforward double-bill from two newish comics, Bisha K Ali and Stephanie Lang, each working up 20-25 minutes sets.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th February 2015Review: John Shuttleworth
This tour's title A Wee Ken To Remember, is based on yet another poster misprint that his hapless manager and next-door-neighbour Ken Worthington apparently failed to notice. Of course the limited horizons of Graham Fellows's alter-ego is the joke.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th February 2015Review - Ivo Graham: Bow Ties And Johnnies
Graham is more adept at interpersonal contact than you might think from his own description;
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th February 2015