If Frankie Boyle is the champion of outrage and Ricky Gervais the destroyer of Hollywood ego, then Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are the clown princes of mild annoyance... more
Woody Allen was bowled over by Lucy Punch's kooky beauty and quick-fire London wit, and now the rest of Hollywood is sitting up and taking notice, says Hermione Eyre... more
Not The Messiah was oddly entertaining, from the bombastic opening theme courtesy of Sousa to the Lumberjack Song encore, courtesy of Michael Palin.
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Steve Punt's lightly satirical lines might have been clever, but Bruce Dessau found his sidekick Hugh Dennis to be the most irritating performer he had ever seen.... more
Simon Russell Beale makes the perfect King Arthur in deliriously daft musical Spamalot and he's having a killer rabbit of a time following in the coconut-shells-for-horses'-hooves of Tim Curry. ... more
An Evening Standard investigation into the state of West End theatre shows musicals in danger of finishing off straight plays. But what are the figures?... more
Jeremy Irons, Kathy Burke and Alan Cumming are among the stars who will take leading roles at the 52nd Evening Standard Theatre Awards at The Savoy next Monday.... more
Nobody expects a full-scale Monty Python reunion. But this is the nearest you can get - four on stage at once to celebrate the opening of Spamalot.... more
Fresh from Broadway and "lovingly ripped off" from the movie Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Spamalot offers a welcome new twist on musical comedy, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
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