Steve Bennett (I)
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Abigoliah Schauman review
Abigoliah Schauman brings a lot of swagger to her latest stand-up show, as its title surely suggests. And not just in the bold confidence of her performance, she sometimes comes right out and tell us how great she is.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th February 2019The Stand Up Sketch Show preview
Oddly, ITV2's new way of presenting stand-up appears to have come from someone with no faith in stand-up at all.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th January 2019Lost Voice Guy: I'm Only In It For The Parking review
'Don't expect the sweet and innocent comedian from Britain's Got Talent,' says Lost Voice Guy Lee Ridley, winner of last year's competition.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th January 2019Sandi Toksvig Live! review
Charming, witty, curious and chirpy, Sandi Toksvig might be on many people's lists of ideal dinner party guests. And her live show pretty much offers the chance to simulate that experience without having to sort out the catering.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st January 2019The Sacred Art Of Joking by James Cary review
Much comedy output comes with the disclaimer: "Not for the easily offended." But that's precisely who SHOULD be reading this book about how jokes can backfire.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th January 2019Daniel Kitson: Keep
The conclusion of Keep comes after too much faffing around with the index cards that his premise has made necessary, but when we get there it is a rewardingly tidy culmination of the clues that Kitson dropped over the previous two hours.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th January 2019Daniel Kitson: Keep review
Marie Kondo might be at the peak of the zeitgeist with her Netflix series about decluttering, but it is not a concept Daniel Kitson has any truck with.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 17th January 2019Semi-Detached review
There may be questions over whether the furious pace can be sustained for the extra 50 per cent running time required for the traditional BBC sitcom half-hour. Or indeed whether such maelstroms of mayhem can be conjured up week after week. But this is a promising germ for that holy grail of comedy commissioners everywhere: a mainstream suburban sitcom that doesn't suck.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th January 2019Island Of Dreams preview
The Windsors creators Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffrie have not strayed too far from what they know with the latest BBC Two comedy pilot, with heightened versions of celebrities, rather than Royals, inhabiting Island Of Dreams.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd January 2019The most memorable comedy gigs of 2018
Chortle editor Steve Bennett's personal top ten
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 31st December 2018