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Review: The Miser at the Garrick Theatre
Hits the contemporary spot: Amelia Forsbrook reviews Sean Foley and Phil Porter's adaptation of Molière.
Amelia Forsbrook, Exeunt Magazine, 13th March 2017Griff Rhys Jones, Lee Mack and Mat Horne to star in The Miser
Full casting has today been announced for the major West End revival of Molière's classic comedy The Miser. Griff Rhys Jones, Lee Mack and Mathew Horne lead the list.
British Comedy Guide, 12th December 2016Are You Being Served serves more of the same
The old show was never a critics' favourite - despite our howls about these comedy rehashes being sacrilegious grave-robbing. But it had a kind of bravery; the passing of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 decriminalising gay sex was within recent memory, and living together was still 'living in sin' in the provinces. Its knowing primness was clever - a huge wink to the fourth wall of the masses that although the outré characters seemed naughty, and Mr Humphries got into scrapes with a wide array of young men, he was never explicit about them. But the world has moved on - Kim Kardashian's bum failed to break the internet and against shows like Catastrophe, this looks more than passé.
Deborah Shrewsbury, The Custard TV, 28th August 2016TV preview: Are You Being Served?, BBC1
So let's face it, this does nothing new but does the old thing pretty well.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th August 2016Binging: Gavin and Stacey
You've finished The Wire, Breaking Bad and The Killing but you're still hungry for more boxsets. Fear not, Standard Issue writers are on the case with some gems you might not yet have seen. Vix Leyton tips her Welsh hat to Ruth Jones and James Corden.
Vix Leyton, Standard Issue, 27th June 2016Matthew Horne says he's still pals with James Corden
The pair were joined at the hip until a series of flops caused a strain and they went their separate ways, with James making it big in the States.
Nigel Pauley, The Mirror, 18th June 2016Ashley Jensen is back as the sleuth whose life is packed with just-moved-to-the-country-based cliches. Former colleague Roy (Mathew Horne) turns up after being dumped, bringing a naked yogi with him. Agatha joins a rambling group and is soon dragged into a murder investigation after one of their members is found dead on a landowner's estate. And so begins a flimsy but entertaining whodunnit in which Agatha is reunited with her ex, James (Jamie Glover), as they go undercover.
Hannah Verdier, The Guardian, 7th June 2016New Are You Being Served? cast revealed
Jason Watkins, Jorgie Porter and Sherrie Hewson are amongst the stars of BBC's Are You Being Served? revival, it has been revealed.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd February 2016More Bad Education Movie details revealed
Sarah Solemani, Mathew Horne and Harry Enfield have now all been confirmed to be appearing in The Bad Education Movie.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd March 2015Getting comedians sloshed and having them recount the tales of historical figures is a malleable format. Having started out as a web series and then graduated to full broadcast, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Drunk History now receives a UK remake. The star wattage isn't as high as its US counterpart (it had Jack Black, Winona Ryder and Dave Grohl), but there are still some redoubtably funny people involved, including Simon Bird, Tom Rosenthal and (playing Oliver Cromwell) Mathew Horne.
Gwilym Mumford, The Guardian, 12th January 2015