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Gareth Southgate play Dear England to become BBC series

Dear England, the hit comedic stage play about Gareth Southgate and the England men's football team, is to become a BBC One series.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd February 2024

Stage stars review Boris Johnson's debut as PM

Impressionist Jon Culshaw, playwright James Graham, comedian Bridget Christie and critic Mark Lawson on the prime minister's opening week in Westminster.

Jon Culshaw, James Graham, Bridget Christie and Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 6th September 2019

Labour of Love, Noel Coward Theatre WC1 review

The joyful thing about James Graham is that for all the playwright's youth, diamond wit and forensic insight, there is a deep humankindliness in his work.

theatreCat, 20th October 2017

Review: Labour of Love, Noël Coward Theatre

With even just a basic knowledge of the Labour party and it's history, one and all are able to appreciate this informed comment on politics.

Saskia Coomber, A Younger Theatre, 19th October 2017

Theatre review: Labour of Love

You really don't need to be familiar with the history of the Labour party to enjoy the on-going sparring between its two staunch supporters with their seemingly irreconcilable differences.

Louise Kingsley, TNT Magazine, 19th October 2017

A witty look at the Labour Party's fluctuating fortunes

James Graham's new political comedy Labour Of Love, starring Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig, chronicles -- through the complex relationship of a fictitious Blairite MP and his more traditionally left-wing agent -- the fluctuating fortunes of the Labour Party in the last quarter of a century.

Sophia Shluger, Londonist, 18th October 2017

Labour of Love review

After his newspaper drama Ink, playwright James "This House" Graham returns to politics for this exploration of the fortunes of the Labour Party.

Neil Norman, The Daily Express, 14th October 2017

Review: Labour of Love at the Noel Coward Theatre

'Oh, Jeremy Corbyn!' Alice Saville reviews James Graham's play about the Labour party.

Alice Saville, Exeunt Magazine, 13th October 2017

Labour of Love, Noel Coward Theatre, review

'Laboured at times, but enough here to secure your vote'

Greg Wetherall, Ham & High, 12th October 2017

Labour of Love review

James Graham's new play, starring Martin Freeman as a Blairite MP and Tamsin Greig as his old-school constituency agent, cleverly illuminates party divisions.

Susannah Clapp, The Observer, 8th October 2017

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