British Comedy Guide

Steve Bennett (III)

  • Actor

Press clippings Page 20

Review: Simon Amstell at Latitude

Everything his does or observed is examined in forensic detail by this most navel-gazing of stand-ups. It remains as frank and fascinating as always.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 19th July 2014

Review: Dara O Briain at Latitude

This is all delivered with the easy style that makes every robust argument seem conversational, and peppered with the endearing self-deprecation, that we have come to expect.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 19th July 2014

Review: Ivo Graham at Latitude

He’s so unthreatening that he can even crack a dreaded rape joke in banter with the audience â€" and at 5.30pm too â€" and it works at his expense, the side of him being sexually aggressive is so laughable.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 19th July 2014

Review: Joe Lycett at Latitude

Lycett can drop a c-bomb with such precision that it’s more of a c-missile; while his set piece finale involving tacky holiday souvenirs again finds brilliance in what could be merely workaday, and proved a good tonic for this afternoon crowd.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th July 2014

Review: Felicity Ward at Latitude

Self-deprecation is her strongest suit, gurning away to show how she can pull off a great ugly face â€" projected larger than life on the big-screens either side of the stage.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th July 2014

Rhys Darby review

Mr Adventure is the closest Rhys Darby has come to straight stand-up for some time, putting his overt physicality and silly sound effects to the background in favour of a handful of stories from real life, even if they are given a fantastical spin for good, comic measure.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th July 2014

Gig review: Tim Minchin

This was not an easy crowd to win over, outdoors and in pretty much broad daylight. Even veteran compere Jasper Carrott struggled a bit.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th July 2014

Monty Python Live review

No matter how jaded or cynical, the opening to I'm A Lumberjack, Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life, Nudge Nudge Wink Wink and even the Liberty Bell theme tune itself can't help but send a shiver down the spine of anyone who knows about these things.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st July 2014

Mrs Browns' Boys: D'Movie review

It's not just the jokes that are cheap, the sentimentality is, too.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th June 2014

Dawn French: 30 Million Minutes review

Words like 'empowering' and 'inspirational' could so easily be bandied about here; or even more unkind ones such as 'mawkish' and 'sentimental'. Yet these adjectives would be as inaccurate as they are simplistic.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th June 2014

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