British Comedy Guide

George Kemp

  • Comedian and actor

Press clippings

Spike review

A well-rounded celebration of Spike Milligan.

What's On Stage, 2nd February 2022

Spike, Watermill Theatre, review

This Milligan portrait lacks hilarity and heft.

i Newspaper, 2nd February 2022

Spike review

This affectionate and spirited tribute similarly lacks surprise - although it will serve as nostalgia for those who remember the show, as the age demographic of the audience attests.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd February 2022

Spike review

Fast-paced portrait of Spike Milligan hurls us between the comic's anarchic Goon Show sketches, cartoonish clashes with the BBC and the trauma of war.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 1st February 2022

Spike, review

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's show about Spike Milligan, at the Watermill, should delight his many fans but may not recruit new ones

Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 1st February 2022

Spike review

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman capture Milligan's genius.

Clive Davis, The Times, 1st February 2022

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