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Fleabag review
The script itself remains genuinely funny but with moments of deep pathos, enhanced by a twist in the tale worthy of the best of short story writers.
Philip Fisher, British Theatre Guide, 29th August 2019Fleabag review
Something that comes across more starkly in the play is the need of our protagonist and our writer (united in pleasing duality) to know if anyone else feels the way they do about sex: both hopelessly horny and desperately empty.
Laura Foulger, The Upcoming, 29th August 2019Fleabag review
'Funnier, filthier, thrillingly transgressive'.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 29th August 2019Fleabag review
Phoebe Waller-Bridge brings her show back to the stage - and it's still brilliant.
Holly Williams, The Independent, 29th August 2019Fleabag review
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has secured her position as the laureate of millennial nihilism with a triumphant delivery of her virtuoso one-woman show Fleabag in the West End.
Press Association, 29th August 2019Paul Chuckle brands BBC tribute a "slap in the face"
The children's TV star said Chucklevision should have been aired on mainstream TV in the wake of his brother's death.
Radio Times, 29th August 2019ChuckleVision has been named the greatest CBBC series
ChuckleVision topped the Radio Times poll of 3,000 people.
The Sun, 29th August 2019Review: Paul Merton on Who Do You Think You Are?
This might not have made audiences shout or weep, but Merton made the case that every story, however ordinary, still deserves to be told.
i Newspaper, 29th August 2019Does Fleabag still work as a stage show?
Six years after its debut, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's monologue is back in the theatre after its tearaway success on TV. We sent three millennial critics to watch it.
Hannah J Davies, Laura Snapes and Kate Wyver, The Guardian, 29th August 2019Fleabag review
It feels a little old hat but Waller-Bridge is brilliant in her own tribute act.
Ann Treneman, The Times, 29th August 2019Fleabag review
Phoebe Waller-Bridge triumphs in last ever theatre performances.
Nick Curtis, Evening Standard, 29th August 2019Fleabag review
Although you're never more than a minute away from another hilariously inappropriate image, it's the emotional turmoil Waller-Bridge depicts so vividly that has made this a hit since its very first days at the Soho Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th August 2019Fleabag review
It feels a little old hat but Waller-Bridge is brilliant in her own tribute act.
Ann Treneman, The Times, 29th August 2019Jo Brand battery acid joke 'went too far', BBC rules
Jo Brand's controversial joke about throwing battery acid "went beyond what was appropriate" for a Radio 4 comedy show, the BBC has ruled.
BBC, 29th August 2019Fleabag: Six things to know about the original play
Here are a few things to know about how Fleabag differs on stage and screen.
Steven McIntosh, BBC, 29th August 2019Review: Fleabag, Wyndham''s Theatre, London
If you are unaware of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, her creation Fleabag and the subsequent series, then you are seriously out of touch with the cultural zeitgeist!
Paul T Davies, BritishTheatre.com, 29th August 2019NextUp films Edinburgh shows for release
This year NextUp filmed 14 shows including those of Zoe Lyons, Esther Manito, Ashley Storrie, Juliette Burton, Bec Hill, Robin Morgan, Edd Hedges, Daniel Wye, Anesti Danelis and Aaron Simmonds.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th August 2019Ed Gamble: Blood Sugar review
In almost every story he cheerfully reinforces his perpetual underdog status. Even when he made the BBC News for getting stranded in New York during a snowstorm, he took umbrage at their two-word description of him as a 'diabetic comedian'.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th August 2019Why ChuckleVision is the greatest CBBC show ever
The slapstick series, which has been voted the network's best, had charm by the bucket-load and made the brothers national treasures - despite their more unsavoury moments.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 29th August 2019Are comedians actually being censored?
Comedians often talk about being censored, but how much is it actually happening?
Oluwatayo Adewole, Voice Magazine, 29th August 2019Review: Fleabag at Wyndham's Theatre
"You don't need me to tell you about Fleabag": Alice Saville writes on a theatrical homecoming for Phoebe Waller-Bridge's much-loved feminist antihero.
Alice Saville, Exeunt Magazine, 29th August 2019Paul Chowdhry: Live Innit review
You don't have to have a masochistic streak be in Paul Chowdhry's audience, but it might help - as there;s a good chance he'll attack you as a 'bastard' or 'wanker'.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th August 2019Flo & Joan: Alive On Stage review
Flo and Joan seem to be growing in confidence as both performers and writers, year on year.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th August 2019Chris Ramsey: Approval Needed review
However lightweight the stories, Ramsey's dynamic delivery has the hometown crowd at the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle thoroughly entertained.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 29th August 2019Stephen Fry's Premier League predictions
Stephen Fry takes on Mark Lawrenson in predicting this week's Premier League results.
Stephen Fry & Mark Lawrenson, BBC, 29th August 2019Fleabag at Wyndham's Theatre is the West End's top tick
Tragicomic, filthy-minded, and more relatable than you've ever seen her before, this is a flawless last stand for Fleabag.
James Fitzgerald, Londonist, 29th August 2019Videos
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