Category: Comedy
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Ladykiller at the Vault Festival review ****
Ladykiller, The Thelmas Vault Festival, 3rd March 2019 Blimey. The Thelmas, director and founder Madelaine Moore and writer Guleraana Mir, together with the writer here, Madeline Gould, aren’t pulling any punches here. The company is “dedicated to the development and promotion of early career female writers and theatre makers”. They…
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Unmythable at the Vault Festival review ****
Unmythable, Out of Chaos Vault Festival, 3rd March 2019 There was all sorts of cutting edge theatre, comedy and performance on at the Vault Festival this year, but being the old fart that he is the Tourist largely plumped for the safe options of comic takes on Greek myths. Satisfying…
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Stones in His Pockets at the Rose Kingston review ***
Stones in His Pockets Rose Theatre Kingston, 1st March 2019 Like Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan, and written at the same time, Marie Jones’s Stones in His Pockets is a comedy which examines the impact when a Hollywood film crew descends on a small Irish community. But where one…
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Stan and Ollie film review ****
Stan and Ollie, 22nd January 2019 For the avoidance of doubt the two fellas above are not Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, the stars of film Stan and Ollie, nor indeed are they yer actual Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. No this, obviously is a statue of the comedy…
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Keep: Daniel Kitson at Battersea Arts Centre review *****
Keep, Daniel Kitson Battersea Arts Centre, 20th January 2019 Beckett, Pinter, Stoppard, Kitson. I know, I know. He is only a stand-up comedian. So comparing him to these master explorers of the absurdity of the human condition is, to say the least, stretching it a bit. However, as those of…
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The Double Dealer at the Orange Tree review ****
The Double Dealer Orange Tree Theatre, 7th January 2019 Now everyone know’s that Restoration comedy is a tricky customer. What with the humour built on misogyny, that’s if it is funny at all. The satire of a social class few of us recognise. Texts are so thick, built on repartee,…
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Don Quixote at the Garrick Theatre review ****
Don Quixote Garrick Theatre, 2nd January 2019 Finally the Tourist gets to see this. Took a chance that it would, after the mostly strong reviews, eventually find a home in London, and waited for the run to settle in to secure a fairly priced ticket. If you are of a…
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