Kevin Bishop (I)
- 44 years old
- English
- Actor
Press clippings Page 2
Review: Lay Windermere's Fan
It is fun, for all the melodramatic seriousness of the tale, and Wilde's banked-down fury at the hypocrisy of his time.
theatreCat, 26th January 2018Lady Windermere's Fan review
Jennifer Saunders looks at times as though she is taking part in a Comic Relief sketch and some people may think that there are traits in her portrayal - the goggling deadpans; the lines that leak through scarcely parted lips - that are too trademark for comfort. But I was delighted to find it's mostly true to the role.
Paul Taylor, The Independent, 24th January 2018Review: Lady Windermere's Fan
Jennifer Saunders stars in Kathy Burke's production of the comedy classic.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 23rd January 2018Lady Windermere's Fan review
Jennifer Saunders gets laughs, but Kathy Burke's lamentable production misses the point.
David Benedict, The Arts Desk, 23rd January 2018Porridge revival is as thin as cold greul
Kevin Bishop does a good job as Nigel Fletcher, grandson of the original Fletch, immortalised by Ronnie Barker. He makes the Fletch trademarks -- the eye-roll, the sideways grimace -- look like family traits. But the whole production feels as fake as a glass diamond. One look tells you this isn't the real thing.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 16th October 2017Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais have opted to replicate the gentle humour of their original comedy rather than update it, but they're sailing perilously close to the fluffy and cliched here. Tonight's story involves the switching of cakes, one belonging to Fletch (Kevin Bishop), the other - baked with magic mushrooms - to the jail's cartoon heavy. When an officious new staff member helps herself to the latter, zero hilarity ensues. Viewing through rose-tinted glasses may be wise.
Sharon O'Connell, The Guardian, 13th October 2017TV review: Porridge, Episode 2, The Cake, BBC1
You know what? I still think it's an odd decision to reboot this classic, but this second episode isn't too bad at all.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th October 2017Porridge, revived, is sadly thin gruel. Oh, it's fine enough, and a good cast, and Kevin Bishop is great as Norman Stanley Fletcher's cheeky-chappie grandson Nigel. But sainted writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are eightysomething, surely, and it shows. As soon as Cyrano de Bergerac was mentioned (by Mark Bonnar, nicely channelling Fulton Mackay), I could just hear something like "doesn't he play for Spurs?" Sure enough... "Didn't he used to play for Watford?" Cue orgasmic studio audience laughter, and the non-joys of being 15 all over again.
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 8th October 2017Porridge review - send for the sitcom police!
The original Porridge creators return with a weak, watery throwback to the Ronnie Barker classic. This isn't a sequel, it's a forgery ... bang 'em up this instant.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 7th October 2017Porridge reboot has none of the original's flavour
I barely broke into a titter through the whole thirty minutes.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 6th October 2017