Terry Johnson (I)
- Writer and director
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Dead Funny review
Terry Johnson's comedy is just the thing to cheer us up as the nights get colder.
Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard, 4th November 2016Dead Funny review
Terrific revival of Terry Johnson's modern classic.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 4th November 2016Dead Funny is a perfectly crafted
Assisted by sundry skeletons tumbling out of closets, this deft anatomy of marriage and mirth climaxes in a melee of uproarious slapstick (no dramatist worth his salt introduces a large bowl of trifle without putting it to good use). Recommended, then, even if couples should approach with caution: there will be moments when titter ye will not; and there may even be tears before taxi-time.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 3rd November 2016Dead Funny review
Both very funny and pointedly sad, 'Dead Funny' explores how laughs and jokes and jibes can be masks - veils that allow us to sidestep looking seriously at our own lives or even properly living them. That all might sound a bit serious, and there's much to chew on here. But this is no dry, po-faced look at comedy. Johnson directs this West End revival of his own play and turns in a brilliantly timed, often hilarious and lively production that's also poignant.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out, 3rd November 2016