Steve Bennett (III)
- Actor
Press clippings Page 18
Review: Doc Brown
His take on the industry's hang-ups about black actors is inspired - and opens the gateway to his most socially astute section, belatedly at 37 identifying himself as a feminist.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th October 2014Tom Toal: Prequel review
Huge ha-has are relatively infrequent, certainly after a club-set opener to establish his credentials, but 27-year-old Tom Toal is an enjoyable, gentle-paced storyteller.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th October 2014Book review: More Fool Me by Stephen Fry
More Fool Me isn't Fry at his gossipy, witty, powerful best - but it's a largely jaunty skip through a hard-partying celebrity life. Like the diary page of a mid-market newspaper, but seen from the inside.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd October 2014Dapper Laughs On The Pull - review
The terrifying aim is to create more men like the titular geezer himself; a vain, sleazy pick-up guy who sees women as little more than 'gash' or 'vadge'.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th September 2014Lee Evans: Monsters review
Can 15,000 people a night be wrong? Lee Evans's latest, dreary tour, Monsters, is proof they might be.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 27th September 2014Andrew O'Neill's History Of Heavy Metal review
The metal-loving community - if that's such a thing - is certainly large enough to sustain Andrew O'Neill's genre-specific comedy, so it's to his credit that he plays wider without alienating or patronising either side.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th September 2014Review: Andy Zaltzman - Satirist For Hire
Despite his obvious flair for such intellectual gymnastics, the hour - or closer to 75 minutes tonight - remains hit-and-miss. That much of the material is for one night only, without the chance of being hones, is both a blessing and a curse.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th September 2014Review: Lee Mack: Hit The Road Mack
Lee Mack, who paces the stage with an impatient urgency, is unapologetic in his showmanship. He's a gag-man, too, with a generous supply of quotable one-liners, normally prefaced by a disingenuous assertion that what you're about to hear is 100 per cent true.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd September 2014Jason Manford episode review
It's all perfectly fine... but 'fine' is something of a comedown for what was, in its heyday, the must-see show of the week.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd September 2014Review: Steve Day Faces The Deaf Sentence
Some asides are enjoyable; especially a story about a Paralympics event that shows Boris Johnson's true colours, and Day has a few nice throwaway lines as he takes us through his story, gaining our sympathy at what he's forced to endure. It's just that the story itself isn't involving enough for the weight he's given it.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th September 2014