Harry Hill
- 60 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, executive producer, comedian, director and editor
Press clippings Page 28
I Can't Sing! review
Although it has flashes of wit, Harry Hill and Steve Brown's show doesn't know whether it wants to excoriate The X Factor or boost its TV ratings.
Michael Billington, The Guardian, 27th March 2014I Can't Sing, London Palladium, review
I Can't Sing, written by Harry Hill, is wildly eccentric and often wonderfully funny - as well as splendidly rude about Simon Cowell, says Charles Spencer.
Charles Spencer, The Telegraph, 27th March 2014Review: I Can't Sing!
Harry Hill, who wrote the self-consciously wacky book and also provided additional lyrics, however, comes unstuck trying to give it some flailing structure and atmosphere.
Mark Shenton, The Stage, 27th March 2014I Can't Sing! (London Palladium) review
Harry Hill and Steve Brown's X Factor musical is a night of "bona fide popular variety entertainment".
Michael Coveney, What's On Stage, 27th March 2014I Can't Sing: five star review
Harry Hill's brilliant X Factor lampoon backed by Simon Cowell himself cleverly engages with popular culture without taking the audience for fools.
Simon Edge, The Daily Express, 26th March 2014Interview: I Can't Sing co-writer Steve Brown
I Can't Sing opens at the Palladium later this week. Beyond The Joke spoke to co-writer Steve Brown while the show was previewing. Brown has been a regular musical collaborator with Harry Hill over the years - he was in Harry's Band The Caterers on their last tour.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th March 2014Harry Hill to hide from Cheryl Cole at X Factor musical
Harry Hill has admitted he plans to "duck out of the way" when Cheryl Cole comes to see the premiere of his X Factor musical.
STV, 22nd March 2014Harry Hill on getting blessing for the X Factor musical
"If it's a huge flop I'll get it in the neck, but it's been great fun to write," says Hill.
Robert Crampton, Radio Times, 14th March 2014I Can't Sing! producers admit 'still work to do'
The producers of Harry Hill's X Factor spoof musical I Can't Sing! have admitted there is "still work to do" after an audience was left waiting almost 50 minutes between acts during its first show.
BBC News, 7th March 2014I Can't Sing!: a musical with the X Factor?
Harry Hill has left TV Burp and turned his attention to writing a musical that sends up The X Factor - with Simon Cowell's help.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 1st March 2014