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BCG Daily Tuesday 20th December 2022

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Liz Kingsman

Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show review

Much more than a Fleabag spoof.

Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 20th December 2022
Liz Kingsman

Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show at the Ambassadors Theatre review

It's even better than last time: break a minor byelaw if it helps you get to the gig.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 20th December 2022
Only Fools And Horses - The Musical. Image shows from L to R: Ryan Hutton, Tom Bennett, Paul Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse returns to Only Fools And Horses

Bonnet Du Douche! Paul Whitehouse will return to the cast of the smash hit West End show Only Fools And Horses: The Musical next year.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th December 2022
Liz Kingsman

Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show in the West End

Kingsman has done a proper job here, leaving no stone unturned in her exposure to the genre's mechanics.

Bruce Dessau, Chortle, 20th December 2022
Liz Kingsman

One Woman Show in the West End - review

I really am being serious here when I say that you need to see Liz Kingsman in One Woman Show in this intimate venue (the newly refurbished Ambassadors is looking magnificent) before she becomes the global superstar she deserves to be.

Alun Hood, What's On Stage, 20th December 2022
Liz Kingsman

Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show review

Liz Kingsman's slick, self-conscious 'troubled woman' show nests its complex jokes within jokes to tremendous effect.

Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 20th December 2022
Jack Whitehall

Roxy Horner: I got Jack Whitehall a naughty Christmas gift...

Even celebrity Christmases can be a bit of a let down - as Roxy Horner discovered last year.

The model, 31, reveals the naughty present she bought for boyfriend Jack Whitehall, 34, last year has lain gathering dust on the bathroom counter.

Katy Docherty, The Sun, 20th December 2022
Taskmaster. Rhod Gilbert. Copyright: Avalon Television

Rhod Gilbert dates postponed but good news on health front

Rhod Gilbert has been forced to postpone his shows that were due to take place in the New Year, but he has issued a statement with some good news about his ongoing cancer treatment. It is a different medical condition that means the dates have to be rescheduled.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th December 2022
Liz Kingsman

Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show review

All hail Liz Kingsman, the comedian superbly puncturing an over-inflated Fleabag.

Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 20th December 2022
Liz Kingsman

Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show review

Farcical Fleabag parody satirises sexist limitations instead.

Liam O'Dell, Liam O'Dell, 20th December 2022
Liz Kingsman

Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show review

Remember when Phoebe Waller-Bridge broke the fourth wall in Fleabag and you sensed something new was happening? Now Liz Kingsman blazes onto the scene and you know you're witnessing another seismic shift in comedy.

Jane Darcy, The Reviews Hub, 20th December 2022
Comedy Club Extravaganza

Bath club brings comedy to British Sign Language users

Komedia said it wanted to make its events enjoyable for as many people as possible.

BBC, 20th December 2022
Roy Chubby Brown

Dismay as Roy 'Chubby' Brown prevented from appearing in Cheltenham

Town Hall bosses say that the veteran comedian's show 'could cause offence'.

Robin Jenkins, Gloucestershire Live, 20th December 2022
Joe Lycett's Got Your Back. Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett played gigs in Qatar and Dubai - despite blasting David Beckham for being paid to go there

Joe Lycett was at the centre of a hypocrisy storm last night after it emerged he was paid to do gigs in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Clementine Moodie, The Sun, 20th December 2022
Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett's quiz of the year

Here's a chance to go head-to-head with the 'actually very rightwing' comedian.

Joe Lycett, The Guardian, 20th December 2022

Celebrities celebrate Liz Kingsman's One Woman Show

Liz Kingsman's One Woman Show opened with a bang in the West End last night, picking up a hefty five-star review from WhatsOnStage's Alun Hood.

To mark the occasion, stars in their multitudes descended on the Ambassadors Theatre for the hour-long show, which is based on Kingsman's attempt to create a successful solo show.

Alex Wood & Tanyel Gumushan, What's On Stage, 20th December 2022
Death Drop

Kitty Scott-Claus and Jujubee to join Death Drop: Back in the Habbit tour

RuPaul's Drag Race favourites Kitty Scott-Claus and Jujubee are set to join the touring production of Death Drop: Back in the Habit.

Tom Millward, What's On Stage, 20th December 2022

Andrew Nickolds obituary

Comedy writer who worked on Maureen Lipman's Agony, The Lenny Henry Show, Ed Reardon's Week and Dave Podmore.

Matthew Engel, The Guardian, 20th December 2022

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