Steve Bennett (II)
- Irish
- Stand-up comedian and musical comedian
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S**tfaced Shakespeare - review
As this kingdom becomes a stage for so much reverential Bard adoration, Shitfaced Shakespeare restores his work to the bawdy pantomime so much of it would have been back at ye olde Globe.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th April 2016Book review - Sara Pascoe: Animal
Few comedians' books can lay claim to being important; but Sara Pascoe's debut, Animal, falls firmly into that category.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th April 2016Flowers review
Having previously co-written and co-directed the acclaimed indie film Black Pond, one of Chris Langham's few projects since his downfall, Will Sharpe can rightly stake a claim to be a genuine comedy auteur on the back of this original and compelling work.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th April 2016Jonny & The Baptists review
They call The End Is Nigh a play; which might be about as accurate as calling Hotline Bling an opera. Yet despite all the things more focussed direction could have fixed, the jolly duo earned a partial standing ovation from this small studenty crowd. Message delivered.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd April 2016Julian Clary: The Joy Of Mincing review
Today we celebrate the longevity of a queen, a bit anachronistic, but still widely loved. Yes, it's 'renowned homosexual' Julian Clary, back on the road again and celebrating 30 years of camp comedy.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st April 2016Luisa Omielan: Am I Right Ladies?! review
'Empowering' is the unavoidable word when discussing Luisa Omielan. After 32 years of society's body-shaming, slut-shaming and mental-health-shaming, she's come out fighting. Well not fighting so much as singing and dancing - a powerful one-woman female pride movement.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th April 2016Review - James Acaster: Reset
James Acaster has been nominated for more Edinburgh Comedy Awards than anybody else - and as he unveils his new offering in Melbourne, a good three months ahead of this year's Fringe, he already looks like the man to beat.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th April 2016Review: David O'Doherty
He always used to bill himself as "very low-energy musical whimsy", but David O'Doherty's latest show is pretty energetic, only very sparingly deploys the 1986 Casio keyboard that's become his trademark, and contains more bite than you'd expect.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th April 2016Review - Josie Long: Romance and Adventure on Radio 4
Romance And Adventure, based on a couple of short films she previously made with Douglas King, doesn't go for relentless punchlines, but its warm humour, upbeat sentiment and emotional sincerity are compelling.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st April 2016Review: Andrew Maxwell's Late Agenda
His style is half-mischief, half 'wake up people!' preacher, which is a heady mix, and the analogies and explanations offer up witty turns of phrase to make memorable the points he so passionately drives home.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th March 2016