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Ben Ashenden as Sid and Alex Owen as Jim (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: The Comeback, Noël Coward Theatre (2021)

Initially we hear jokes from Alex and Ben, quirky, off the wall and original humour, routines like for instance the difficult mirror act. Ben talks about “life in the forces” only for Alex to prick his bubble by exposing that Ben was working for Parcel Force. They use props in the travelling trunk and introduce the idea that props look smaller onstage than off.

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Scottt Paige as Fanny and Oscar Conlon-Morrey as Vayjayjay (Photo Mark Senior)

REVIEW: Cinderella the Socially Distanced Ball, Turbine Theatre, Battersea

We soon meet Buttons (Rufus Hound) in sparkling, improvising, stand up form who has us all laughing with brilliant and original innuendo and improvisation. So charming is Rufus Hound that he has schooled the whole audience to shout "Fuck the Tories!" on his every entrance.

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Simon Grujich as Manuel, Dan Wood as Basil Faulty and Katharine Mary as Sybil Faulty (Photo ANPR)

REVIEW: Faulty Towers, the Dining Experience, Torquay Suite Radisson Blu Hotel, Bloomsbury Street

The first course, Tomato Soup with basil (of course) is served and Manuel's prat falls, crashing into swing doors and antics with nuts and bowls make us grin and grin.

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