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Spike play to tour the UK this autumn

Olivier Award-winning actor John Dagleish will reprise his critically acclaimed role as Spike Milligan this autumn, as Spike - the comedy by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman that had its world premiere at The Watermill in January - tours the UK.

Theatre Weekly, 20th May 2022

Spike review

A well-rounded celebration of Spike Milligan.

What's On Stage, 2nd February 2022

Spike review

An entertaining if chaotic exploration of Spike Milligan's trials and triumphs during The Goon Years, starring John Dagleish.

The 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

Paying homage to the comic genius behind The Goon Show

As a new play based on the life of Spike Milligan opens 20 years after his death, Nick Newman tells Nick Smurthwaite the BBC did not initially understand The Goon Show and failed to recognise that Milligan was the brains behind it, and how he and co-writer Ian Hislop used Milligan's protracted battle with the Corporation to form the backbone of the piece.

Nick Smurthwaite, The Stage, 31st January 2022

Why Spike Milligan is still the godfather of British comedy

He was forever at war with the BBC -- and his own demons -- but for Sunday Times cartoonist Nick Newman and Ian Hislop, he is a hero, and the subject of their new play Spike.

Nick Newman, The Sunday Times, 30th January 2022

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