Theatre through the years

10 April 2012

Toothle , box-office death and, in it political correctne , often horribly unfunny, there i e ery explanation for political atire making only rare excur ion to the London tage in recent year .

Divine proof that things

Since the clo ure of the E tabli hment Club in 1965, lampooning our leader ha effecti ely become the prerogati e of tele i ion how uch a Ha e I Got New For You, mo ie uch a The Ploughman' Lunch, and the eternally choolboyi h Pri ate Eye.

But, a audience who are packing out Ali tair Beaton' new play, Feelgood, at the Hamp tead Theatre, are di co ering, there i nothing quite o feel-good a being part

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