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Harry Hill
Harry Hill

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 2014

I 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 2014

Interview: 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 2014

Harry 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 2014

Harry 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 2014

I 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 2014

I 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

Harry Hill: now giving his X Factor musical 110%

TV Burp made Harry Hill the king of teatime telly. Now, with the blessing of Simon Cowell, he's written an X Factor musical, I Can't Sing - and he promises it will be funny.

Alexis Petridis, The Guardian, 23rd February 2014

Harry Hill on making a mockery of the X Factor guru

With its singing dogs and rapping hunchbacks, Harry Hill's new X Factor musical mercilessly sends up Simon Cowell. So how DID the comedian persuade the pop mogul to back it? The West End's unlikeliest duo reveal all...

Louise Gannon, Daily Mail, 22nd February 2014

Harry Hill: On physical comedy and Slapstick Festival

Looking at his more than colourful body of work over the years, Harry Hill appears to be one of modern comedy's most effortless physical comics.

The Bristol Post, 15th January 2014

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