Catherine Tate
- 54 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director and executive producer
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The Catherine Tate Show Live review
While many of the sketches rely too heavily on four-letter word pay-offs I really liked Nan's interrogation by St Peter (Billy Connolly on video) and the actress whose Lady Macbeth keeps slipping into Frankie Howerd due to nerves.
Neil Norman, The Daily Express, 18th November 2016Catherine Tate review
There were some familiar faces on stage for the Catherine Tate Live show - but the person everyone wanted to hear was Tate herself. So some of the biggest laughs were at moments when Tate fluffed her lines in character, and came out as herself - to the delight of the audience.
Ed Oldfield, Liverpool Echo, 17th November 2016Catherine Tate, comedy review
Tate proves she is a true comedy chameleon.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 14th November 2016Comedy review: Catherine Tate at the Eventim Apollo, W6
The best moments of the sketch comic's show are those that would not work as well on television. Even so, most of the routines go on too long.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 14th November 2016Catherine Tate Show Live review
While the characters themselves are funny, big punchlines can be something of a problem, and rather too many skits end on a needlessly brutal line just to get them finished.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 14th November 2016Comedy review: Catherine Tate
Without television's snappy cutting, the show as a whole lacks strong punchlines to close sketches and the cast endure long, twirling dances to distract from this as they get off stage.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 12th November 2016Review: Catherine Tate
It's only the second time she's performed this show and she forgets her lines a few times but recovers brilliantly and has the audience fully on side.
Danielle Roper, Manchester Evening News, 3rd November 2016Catherine Tate's live show - review
There's no doubt that Tate is a talented, expressive performer with an observant eye. Her use of the familiar is the reason her characters resonate with so many people (as any sullen teenage girl who's had her parents turn and laugh at her while watching Lauren Cooper will attest). But her overuse of line repetition from the TV show's regular sketches can leave the jokes themselves lacking at times.
Catherine Gee, The Telegraph, 1st November 2016The finest comedy of autumn 2016
Brexit, starting over, a honey-selling scam and karaoke with chickens ... these are the concerns of the big names in comedy this autumn.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st September 2016Very British Problems - very funny!
This summer I am on the lookout for funny shows to help balance the rest of my responsibilities. At the same time, I have expanding my viewing options by looking into programs from abroad. I have recently run across the perfect mix of the two in Very British Problems.
Pat Jackson, TV Equals, 4th July 2016