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The Crown Jewels review
Al Murray stars in The Crown Jewels, a comedy that lacks sparkle.
Sarah Hemming, The Financial Times, 2nd August 2023The Crown Jewels review
This real-life audacious heist story should have an abundance of comedy riches to exploit, but instead The Crown Jewels never manages to shimmer.
Theatre Weekly, 1st August 2023The Crown Jewels review
If you were being charitable you could say that it's an homage to Restoration theatre - a cheerful sense of bawdiness redone for a (relatively) modern audience. It doesn't feel very current though.
Tim Harding, Chortle, 1st August 2023The Crown Jewels review
With a star-studded cast, and some performers multi-roling throughout, it has the potential to be a great show - but isn't polished enough to sparkle like the aforementioned jewels.
Amy Rye, Lost in Theatreland, 31st July 2023The Crown Jewels review
Al Murray saves the king, but not quite the show in royal heist comedy.
Liam O'Dell, Liam O'Dell, 29th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
A right royal farce - and not in a fun way.
James Harvey, WhyNow, 29th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
It must have seemed like the perfect comedy idea - one of the great heist stories of history, some royal treasures, a wily master criminal with a real name better than any fiction could create and one of history's bawdiest monarchs - but it has all gone wrong for Simon Nye. Like its protagonist Captain Blood, the plan for the Garrick Theatre's summer show flounders and The Crown Jewels fails to cart off the goods, leaving the audience trapped in its towering nonsense.
Maryam Philpott, The Reviews Hub, 28th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
Forgettable stuff.
Lloyd Evans, The Spectator, 28th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
Even Al Murray's Pub Landlord can't save this mess.
Adam Bloodworth, City AM, 28th July 2023The Crown Jewels review
Al Murray's King Charles is hilarious in otherwise plodding play.
George Simpson, The Daily Express, 28th July 2023