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Jonny & 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 2016Thatcher Stole My Trousers, by Alexei Sayle - review
We'll probably never see anything like the alternative comedy revolution again. Even if the artform detours into another cul-de-sac of tired tropes - where you could argue mainstream stand-up has been heading for a while - the particular economic, social and political forces of the post-punk, nascently Thatcherite era are likely to be unique.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th March 2016Preview: Stop/Start
It's a great cast: John Thomson as watchable as ever, Nigel Havers seems to relish being the ageing lothario worried about the age difference with his trophy wife (even though this can't hope match his performances with Brian Pern) - and whatever the script's failings this won't do any harm to Kerry Godliman's growing reputation as a subtle comic actor. But the jokes, from the usually fine Docherty and based on his Radio 4 sitcom, feels sluggish and obvious, a few nifty turns of phrase notwithstanding. Of course being unsubtle is no barrier to big audiences - quite the opposite, as Mrs Brown's Boy and Citizen Khan have proved. So expect this to be the one of the Comedy Playhouses to be commissioned.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th March 2016Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle review
Accused of intellectual snobbery, Stewart Lee hits back, pointing out that it's a valid performance device, under the theatrical technique of Brechtian alienation. Thus explaining himself and reinforcing the criticism in one kamikaze blow.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd March 2016