Sort these articles by: Title (Alphabetically) | Date (latest first) Theatre Review: Spamalot 11 November, 2006 Starring: Tim Curry, Hannah WaddinghamAt: The Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, LondonDate of show: 2nd October 2006 A glorious homage or a horrendous de... Theatre Review: Hay Fever 18 July, 2006 Starring: Dame Judi Dench, Peter Bowles, Belinda Lang, Kim Medcalf, Dan Stevens, Charles Edwards, William Chubb, Olivia Darnley, Lin BlakleyTheatre Royal,... Avenue Q - Review 11 June, 2006 OK, let me be honest. This isn't a review of the currently-previewing-in-the-West-End Avenue Q; I haven't seen it. I'm going to - but I haven't yet. Howev... Book - Alan Bennett Unfinished Tales 30 April, 2006 Alan Bennett has, since the 1960's, been a byword for carefully crafted and well written satire, for excellent play writing and for a very English style of ... Worst Case Scenario - Weddings 12 April, 2006 This book offers a curious mix of extremely useful and pertinent advice for anyone seeking to get married, mixed up with some very odd suggestions and sly ... Theatre Review - Jump 19 February, 2006 At the Peacock Theatre, London until Feb 26th. Old Grandfather! Drunken Uncle! Fierce Father! Dangerous Guy! Cute Girl! Fighting Mother! No, not the... Book Review - That Was The Satire That Was 25 January, 2006 The satire boom of the 1960's explained, to put it briefly. Somewhere between a history and a celebration of all that very British form of comedy - taking t... Book Review: Thud! by Terry Pratchett 5 January, 2006 Koom Valley holds important significance in the history of Discworld. So important that not only is it a place but its name can be used to infer a time an... Little Britain Live 6 November, 2005 Getting to Bournemouth proved problematic, we left at 4:45 but the journey, due to rush hour takes two and a half bloody hours, but the thought of the sho... Theatre Review - Otherwise Engaged 2 November, 2005 Richard E. Grant and Anthony Head star in Otherwise Engaged at the Criterion Theatre in London, in a revival of a play written by Simon Gray and directed by... Book Review - Porridge: The Scripts 21 October, 2005 By Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, edited by Richard Webber When I started reading this book a few days ago, Ronnie Barker was still alive. It saddens me ... Book Review - The Yes Man by Danny Wallace 12 October, 2005 Danny Wallace has become familiar to UK TV viewers. Firstly, he presented a programme about starting your own cult, with predictably mixed results. More r... The Producers - Theatre Review 21 August, 2005 This well known tale follows a familiar path from rags to riches, back again, and finally back to riches. Firstly a film back in 1968, it's now a successf... Theatre of Blood - Review 5 July, 2005 Improbable Theatre have reinvented this spectacular film for the National Theatre in London, and in doing so created a wonderful piece of gory and gloriou... The UN Inspector 5 July, 2005 This is an adaptation of a much older play by Gogol, called The Government Inspector. It's been translated by Charlotte Pyke and updated. It concerns one M... Book - Monty Python's Just The Words 20 May, 2005 BURMA! Excuse me. This book contains the scripts to every single episode from four series of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Although it doesn't attempt to ... Random Abstract Memory by Hattie Hayridge 17 May, 2005 A touching and honest account of the real life and career of Hattie Hayridge, best known for being the second 'Holly' in the hit BBC sitcom Red Dwarf. Re... Review - The Essential Spike Milligan 17 May, 2005 This collection of stories, diaries, tall tales and poetry showcases extremely well why Spike Milligan deserves fully the over-used phrase of 'comedy geni... Book Review - Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams 19 April, 2005 Last Chance to See By Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine. Douglas Adams is a name you're likely to be hearing a lot about at the moment, since the long-aw... Book Review - Terry Pratchett's "Going Postal" 26 February, 2005 Once more, another Discworld novel lands on my doormat, and Lo! there was much rejoicing. Terry Pratchett has been riding a wave of success for many, many ... The History Boys by Alan Bennett 21 February, 2005 The new play by Alan Bennett, currently being performed at the National Theatre, blends a familiar amount of humour, commentary, multiple levels and themes.... Book Review - Terry Pratchett's "A Hat Full of Sky" 12 May, 2004 The inestimable Mr Terry Pratchett seems to make a habit of churning out books every six months. The last one was Monstrous Regiment, and here we are in M... Theatre Review - Terry Pratchett's 'Eric' - Presented by The Dreaming 3 May, 2004 Terry Pratchett's 'ERIC' - By The Dreaming At The Sallis Benney Theatre, Brigh... Terry Pratchett - Monstrous Regiment 27 September, 2003 It's here! The all new Discworld novel arrived this morning, and in true style, I've finished it already. These books are enormously popular, and it's not ... Book - The Salmon of Doubt, Douglas Adams 24 February, 2003 As I'm sure you're aware, Douglas Adams passed away last year. This is the collected remains of his unpublished final book, together with various bits of ... Book - Night Watch by Terry Pratchett 10 February, 2003 This is the newest Discworld book, and once again we find ourselves in Ankh-Morpork with Sir Samuel Vimes, on the trail of a murderer with the usual set o...