Aidan McArdle
- Actor
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The Crown Jewels review
A right royal farce - and not in a fun way.
James Harvey, WhyNow, 29th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
Royal comedy is lacklustre, but Al Murray and Mel Giedroyc still sparkle.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 28th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
Al Murray is aimless comedy's saving grace.
Tim Bano, The Stage, 28th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
Al Murray steals the show as a royally great Charles II.
Marianka Swain, London Theatre, 28th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
A few gems - but it won't reign on West End.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 28th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
Al Murray and Carrie Hope Fletcher provide the only high points in a disappointing production.
Gary Naylor, The Arts Desk, 28th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
The cream of British comedy can't find a funny line between them.
Arifa Akbar, The Guardian, 28th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
Even Al Murray's Pub Landlord can't save this mess.
Adam Bloodworth, City AM, 28th July 2023Al Murray to star in new Simon Nye comedy The Crown Jewels
Al Murray, Neil Morrissey, Mel Giedroyc, Joe Thomas will star in a new period comedy play, The Crown Jewels, from Men Behaving Badly and The Larkins writer Simon Nye, based on true events.
British Comedy Guide, 31st March 2023Cabaret, satire and good fortune merged to create The Two Ronnies, as Roy Smiles points out in his excellent play Goodnight From Him. It charts the 20-year professional relationship of opposites Corbett and Barker through inventive reworkings of their most famous skits.
So, for instance, in a reprisal of the class sketch, Barker looks up to Cleese because although he has more money he cannot speak Latin or spell 'xenophobia'.
Aidan McArdle plays Corbett with the familiar, emphatic phrasing, while Robert Daws' Barker is reticent and unstarry, like the original.
Moira Petty, The Stage, 28th May 2013