The RFH traditional Christmas show is a magical piece of art
Category: Comedy
Daisy Pulls It Off, Park Theatre, London ★★★★
A colour and age-blind cast highlight the artificiality at the heart of Denise Deegan’s ripping comedy
Shit-faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Leicester Square Theatre, London ★★★½
Reviewed for The Reviews Hub: Anybody who has been sober in the presence of drunk friends knows that, far from being the masters of wit they imagine themselves to be, the inebriated rarely make for the most entertaining of people. So the very concept of Shit-Faced Showtime – a musical offshoot of Magnificent Bastard Productions’ long-running Shit-Faced Shakespeare –…
Round the Horne, Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury ★★
Original reviewed for The Reviews Hub: Round the Horne remains a milestone in radio comedy history. The 1960s sketch series fronted by Kenneth Horne was, on the face of it, merely a rebadged version of its predecessor, Beyond our Ken, which ran for six years. But the name change came about when writer Eric Merriman departed, to…
An Audience with Bob and Barry Cryer, Tara Arts, London ★★★★★
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Jest End, Waterloo East Theatre, London ★★★
It’s no Forbidden Broadway, but this series of comedy skits has its moments
Assisted Suicide – The Musical, Southbank Centre, London ★★
Liz Carr’s “TED Talk with songs” is commendable, but doesn’t quite work
The Naked Magicians, Trafalgar Studios, London ★★★★
Have a raucous time with the Aussie duo’s stripped-down magic
Best of The Jest, Aces and Eights, London ★★★½
The highly watchable five-person sketch comedy troupe present an hour of their best skits
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