Quentin Letts
Press clippings
First night review: David Baddiel
Number five of the Ten Commandments tells us to honour our parents. Comedian David Baddiel goes about this by telling startlingly frank stories about the voracious sexual appetite of his late mother.
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 18th May 2016Review: The Complete Deaths
There are 75 on-stage deaths in Shakespeare and zany troupe Spymonkey has cobbled together a Brighton Festival comedy evening depicting them all.
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 13th May 2016Tickets: Mrs Henderson Presents - The New Musical
Don't miss Mrs Henderson Presents, the hilarious, brand-new, five-star musical that's had critics in raptures, as it makes its West End debut in February 2016. Based on the much-loved film that starred Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins, the show's run at the Theatre Royal Bath was hailed by the Guardian as "a shot in the arm for the British musical" and led ]Quentin Letts of the Daily Mail to exclaim, "I have not emerged from the theatre feeling quite so cheerful in a long time".
Delfont Mackintosh Theatres, 9th October 2015Quentin Letts pays tribute to Ronnie Barker
The last thing he wrote was a terribly sad play, Mum. After all the polished gaiety of the comedy material, we suddenly see a glimpse of a Ronnie Barker who was shadowed by the unhappiness in life. Perhaps it goes to confirm that theory that all the best comedians are sad.
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 22nd September 2015Monty Python Live review
What would the old Pythons have made of these sad old chaps? They might have taken the rise out of them. Maybe we should we more merciful and just thank them for the old memories.
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 1st July 2014I Can't Sing: Daft as a whistling gerbil & so British!
Well, Simon, it's a maybe from me. This X Factor satire enthusiastically takes the mickey, and its unfettered Britishness is a welcome change from all the American musicals in the West End.
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 27th March 2014What kissing my dad on his deathbed taught me
It may seem strange to write of such an intimate moment in a national newspaper but I found myself thinking constantly of it when watching Richard Curtis's beautiful new film, About Time.
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 6th September 2013Today's comics don't know what real humour is
British comedy: Smug, scornful and obsessed with sex and flatulence, today's comics don't know what real humour is.
Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 6th October 2010