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An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
I totally recommend Babbo to anyone who is looking for really good and traditional Italian food
Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
Bruce Dessau's rating
Reader rating
A postmodern multi-tasker: Adam Buxton
Adam Buxton is a postmodern multi-tasker. He makes weird internet spoofs, is releasing podcasts of his audio exploits with chum Joe Cornish, played a hilariously mutilated reporter in Hot Fuzz and directed the video for Radiohead's Jigsaw Falling Into Place.
On stage he is Famous Guy, a turbo-charged parody of the ultimate Hollywood method actor, or in his words, "top pretending man". Famous Guy would be as heroically square-jawed as Ben Affleck if only one could see Buxton's jaw underneath a thicket of beard.
This flight-suited character takes machismo to absurd extremes, bellowing his catchphrase "I'm Attractive" whenever there is a lull. Last night was largely lull-free as he channelled the spirit of Robert De Niro to present excerpts from his CV, including Cockney Captain in They Crashed From Space There.
It never quite feels original but beautifully satirises umpteen genres. I liked his cameo as "Bob the Ballpoint in animated movie Pens", while his Ray Charles-ish Slappy Pappy must be the only biopic to feature a blues refrain inspired by overcooked broccoli.
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