A cast change in the relatively long running West End comedy JEEVES AND WOOSTER in PERFECT NONSENSE allowed me to finally see what all the fuss is about. I’m happy to confirm that it’s as laugh out loud funny as everyone says and you should take anybody you know who could benefit from two hours of undemanding, hilarious fun.
Jeeves and Wooster were the creations of the prolific P.G Wodehouse whose comic novels have remained top sellers ever since he penned them in the 1930s. They’re his most popular characters: an ingenious and po-faced butler (Jeeves) and his silly-arse master (Bertie) who the man servant has to rescue from all sorts of light hearted peril. The TV series starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie as the pair is almost as well loved as the books and on both sides of the Atlantic.
I went to review LET IT BE, returning to the West End at the Garrick Theatre for a summer residency, with very low expectations. Although it’s been so popular that this is its third London run it opened a few years ago to stinking reviews from every serious critic.
A moving look at politics and love in the emotionally charged revival of David Hare’s Skylight.
You would think that after being on the West End for over a year the buzz about The Book of Mormon would have died down a bit. No one expected it to disappear entirely, but equally no one expected it to still be the hottest ticket in town. Well, one of the hottest. After all, Miss Saigon has just opened to record-breaking sales with £4.4m in one day vs. £2.1m for Mormon. But still, on a sunny Wednesday evening in June I was finally allowed into the magical world that currently inhabits the Prince of Wales theatre for the privilege of seeing this production in the flesh thanks to London Box Office. And yes, it was worth spending one of the very few sunny evenings that London has seen sat in a darkened theatre!