Michael Coveney
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Review - Showstopper! (Apollo Theatre)
The Showstoppers bring their 'satirical ingenuity' to the West End for the first time since forming in 2007.
Michael Coveney, What's On Stage, 1st October 2015Made in Dagenham (Adelphi Theatre): stage review
A traditional working class musical about industrial action that sits worthily alongside Billy Elliot, Brassed Off and The Full Monty.
Michael Coveney, What's On Stage, 6th November 2014Review - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre)
The first thing to say is: it's a dream partnership. Robert Lindsay and Rufus Hound as a pair of vulgar, deceitful, skirt-chasing conmen on the French Riviera tear up the stage, and the good taste rulebook, in this effervescent Broadway musical comedy.
Michael Coveney, What's On Stage, 2nd April 2014I Can't Sing! (London Palladium) review
Harry Hill and Steve Brown's X Factor musical is a night of "bona fide popular variety entertainment".
Michael Coveney, What's On Stage, 27th March 2014Addison Cresswell obituary
The colourful comedy agent Addison Cresswell, who has died suddenly at the age of 53, changed the face of British entertainment by steering the stand-up "alternative" comedians who emerged on the Edinburgh festival fringe in the 1980s into the heart of the radio and television schedules.
Michael Coveney, The Guardian, 24th December 2013Barking in Essex review
Barking in Essex by the television writer Clive Exton, who died seven years ago, is so bad it's almost a collector's item.
Michael Coveney, What's On Stage, 17th September 2013John Sullivan obituary
Creator of TV sitcoms such as Only Fools and Horses and Citizen Smith that became national institutions.
Michael Coveney, The Guardian, 24th April 2011Tickling schtick: The wit of Ken Dodd
Who says variety is dead? Ken Dodd has been on the road for six decades and can still slay a crowd. Michael Coveney meets him on his marathon tour.
Michael Coveney, The Independent, 3rd March 2011Geoffrey Hutchings obituary
Shakespearean actor who played many familiar roles on film and television.
Michael Coveney, The Observer, 11th July 2010