When the actors in the Upstart Crow’s current production of “The Seagull” tap into the big emotions, the show works: It’s there in Marc Borai’s broad, inappropriate laugh, as Ilya ...

This review is from February 2020. ‘The Upstart Crow’ will return in 2022 with David Mitchell and Gemma Whelan returning in the cast.I made it approximately t ...

The Upstart Crow, Gielgud Theatre review: ... Upstart Crow must be deemed a hit, a hit, an implausible hit. Until 25 April. Tickets: 0844 482 5151; upstartcrowthecomedy.com. More about ...

Review: THE UPSTART CROW, Gielgud Theatre . By: Cindy Marcolina Feb. 17, 2020. POPULAR. 1 Photos: New Cast Joins MATILDA THE MUSICAL in London. 2 Full Cast Set For Rachel Zegler-Led EVITA in London.

David Mitchell in Upstart Crow at the Gielgud Theatre. Photo: Johan Persson Even if Ben Elton’s successful sitcom about William Shakespeare had been given a fourth series, it seems only natural ...

Upstart Crow, Gielgud Theatre review - terrific Shakespeare spoof . Upstart Crow, Gielgud Theatre review - terrific Shakespeare spoof Ben Elton's new comedy is a gagfest. by Veronica Lee Tuesday, 18 ...

The crux of the evening is spent with The Upstart Crow. The play begins sometime after Shakespeare’s death when his daughter, Susannah, wanders into the Globe Theatre.

I am also seeing Taming Of The Shrew at the Globe Theatre tomorrow. Which will be quite a confluence. Upstart Crow may not give you the deep-seated rocking to the core that a good Shakespeare ...

Bar a couple of lines about levelling up, the show is the same mix of clever and oafish, worshipful and mocking – a vehicle for panto acting and a machine-gun barrage of gags. Some of the humour ...

David Mitchell and Ben Elton's Upstart Crow stage show review: laugh-til-it-hurts panto pleasure After a hit 2020 premiere, this exuberant hybrid of Shakespeare in Love and Blackadder went dark ...

The stage version of Ben Elton’s Shakespeare sitcom is elevated by a fantastic comedy cast, including David Mitchell, Mark Heap and Gemma Whelan ...

A month after the stage spinoff of Ben Elton’s sitcom about William Shakespeare opened in the West End in 2020, theatres were closed just as they were by bubonic plague in the Bard’s own time. More ...