Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 125
Cardinal Burns review
Many, many classy delights in a impressive, varied and well-executed show that dares to be different.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th September 2014Review: Kevin Bridges at Latitude
Some of this material debuted at the Melbourne comedy festival earlier this year, but it's been tightened, tweaked and expanded - all work towards the next tour and DVD, no doubt.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st July 2014Review: Marcel Lucont at Latitude
Alexis Dubus, the man beneath the black rollneck, writes plenty of artful, epigrammic one-liners for his self-centred alter-ago, intolerant of anything that fails to fall outside his narrow focus of how the world should be. And that includes children.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st July 2014Review: Elliot Steel at Latitude
It's a big booking for 17-year-old Elliot Steel, a virtual unknown taking a primetime slot in Latitude's vast comedy tent.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st July 2014Review: Cariad Lloyd and Louise Ford at Latitude
There are some splendidly inventive ideas in Cariad Lloyd and Louise Ford's character show, getting a 40-minute run-through at Latitude before the polished version hits Edinburgh in a few days' time.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th July 2014Review: Tommy Tiernan at Latitude
Tiernan might have dropped more f-bombs in his first five minutes than in Quentin Tarantino's entire ouvre, but he makes a convincing argument for why swearing is such an implicit, explicit part of the Irish tongue.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th July 2014Review - Margaret Thatcher: Queen Of Soho
This loud, brash camp extravaganza has all the subtlety of a Trident missile, with bawdy double entendres and cheesy, prophetic asides loudly telegraphed and never knowingly undersold.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th July 2014Review: Miles Jupp at Latitude
Jupp's set did seem under-appreciated by this festival crowd, who tended to let sparkling lines wash gently over them, rather than reacting with the guffaws such brilliant writing deserved.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th July 2014Review: 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 2014Review: 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