Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
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Fleabag review
Although you're never more than a minute away from another hilariously inappropriate image, it's the emotional turmoil Waller-Bridge depicts so vividly that has made this a hit since its very first days at the Soho Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th August 2019This Way Up preview
The title This Way Up is intended as a wry acknowledgment of how Aisling Bea's character Aine is struggling to reorientate herself towards normality following a mental breakdown.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th August 2019Review: The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk
Amid the trend for meaningful, realistic comedies such as Fleabag, how refreshing it is to have The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk back for a full(ish) series of unadulterated, visually stunning stupidity following a successful pilot last year.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd August 2019Tony Hawks: The A-Z Of Skateboarding review
The contents of this book don't really matter too much as its very existence is the gag.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th July 2019Review: Milton Jones at Latitude 2019
Milton Jones emerges on to the Latitude stage with his hair as wild as always and smoke billowing behind him. He looks - and acts - like a mad scientist time traveller dumped in the middle of a Suffolk field, bewildered as to how he got here... an impression he maintains for his 45 minutes on stage.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd July 2019Review: Tez Ilyas at Latitude
Maybe he's practising impartiality to keep Ofcom at bay before his Channel 4 satirical show begins this week - but during his Latitude set Tez Ilyas outlines some good reasons to leave the EU. It's certainly unexpected as you'd peg this liberal British-Pakistani Muslim - and this festival crowd - as Remainer through-and-through.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd July 2019Review: Frank Skinner at Latitude
Frank Skinner is amused to find himself playing a music festival at 62, likening his longevity to 'seeing a wasp in November'.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd July 2019Review: Muzlamic
Aatif Nawaz and Ali Shahalom's offering doesn't shake the perennial sketch show curse of being 'a bit hit and miss', but it has a lively energy and some strong ideas.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd July 2019Review: Nick Helm at Latitude 2019
Nick Helm offers a disclaimer at the start of his Latitude set: he hasn't gigged in 18 months and hasn't done a proper Edinburgh Fringe show in six years... though that will change in ten days, when this year's festival kicks off.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st July 2019Review: Kae Kurd at Latitude
As a childhood Kurdish refugee to Britain, and the son of an Iraqi freedom fighter who took on Saddam Hussein, Kae Kurd has a unique story to tell and an unusual point of view.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st July 2019