Comedy
No need for explanations here, but if you need a laugh then this is the category for you! You’ll find reviews of all the shows that have had us rolling in the aisles on this page.
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Review: Everlasting Cake, The Questors Theatre
A heartfelt but wildly overstuffed new play that buries genuine emotional insight beneath a torrent of baffling ideas.
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Review: Quartet in Autumn, Arcola Theatre
A 70s sitcom with an absence of cheer.
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Review: Churchill’s Urinal, King’s Head Theatre
A culture-war checklist masquerading as political satire.
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Review: Nonsense and Sensibility, Etcetera Theatre
Two actors fall out and then must stage Jane Austen’s classic novel entirely on their own, in a hilarious, slapstick adaptation.
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Review: Farm Fatale, Southbank Centre
A comically surreal reflection on the decline of our natural world through the non-human eyes of scarecrows imagining a new one.
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Review: Retrospective, Barons Court Theatre
A clever blend of deep thinking on the meaning of life mixed with plenty of silliness makes this a great transfer from across the Pond.
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Review: An Ideal Husband, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
A sumptuous and ambitious revival of a classic that highlights its continued relevance.
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Review: Party Favour, Etcetera Theatre
A superbly acted solo piece that handles a number of intriguing themes.
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Review: Derrière On A G String, King’s Head Theatre
A riotous blend of dance, slapstick and nudity set to classical music transforms everyday embarrassments into gloriously absurd comedy.
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Review: The Mystery of Irma Vep – A Penny Dreadful, The Pearly Queen Theatre
Dreadfully funny, riotously camp and thoroughly engaging!