Steve Bennett (I)
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings Page 8
99 Club bursary showcase 2023 review
London's 99 Club has a track record of picking winners when it comes to its bursary for female and non-binary acts making their Edinburgh Fringe debuts.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th June 2023Call Jonathan Pie review
Has the BBC muted Jonathan Pie? Not directly - but the first venture into radio for Tom Walker's disillusioned political journalist is an uneasy hybrid which never captures the incandescent rage of his viral videos nor the powerful intensity of his live shows.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 9th June 2023Ben Hodge: It's A Boy? - Brighton Fringe review
It's A Boy? is Ben Hodge' account of his trans journey - a route that took him on so many diversions that he's now pretty much completed the full LGBT+ alphabet.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd June 2023Changing Ends review
Changing Ends beams with warmth despite - or more likely because of - the endemic 1980s homophobia which forms its backdrop. Dropped into this world, like a naive alien, is a camp, buck-toothed, socially awkward child, misunderstood by almost everyone and ostracised by most of them.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2023Nir Gottleid: Middle Rage - Brighton Fringe review
An Israeli comic based in Berlin, Nir Gottleid describes himself as 'one of the darkest comics' in Europe, and sells his show about ageing by promising - threatening? - that 'you'll want to die'.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2023Mustafa Algiyadi's A Little Killing Hurts No One - Brighton Fringe review
A warm and engaging comic, Mustafa Algiyadi greets the audience as they enter the pub, let alone the intimate room he's performing in. And when he gets going, his hour is peppered with good-natured crowd work, affectionately ribbing the audience in the finest traditions of compering.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 1st June 2023Brown Girls Do It Too review
Review of the stage show spawned from Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani's podcast.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 31st May 2023Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller review
Is it mean to call Richard Pulsford a cut-price Tim Vine?
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2023Black Sheep Comedy review
It's billed as three stand-ups offering comedy coming from the 'very depths of their damned souls', which provides plenty of latitude for he most depraved material.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2023The Queen, Shakespeare And Me review
All but the most hardcore monarchists should stay away from this adoring tribute to the late Queen, performed on a memorabilia-strewn set and concluding with a paean to her life of decency and service.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th May 2023