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Beyond our Ken
A brilliant tribute to a comic genius goes way beyond mere biography, says LYNNE WALSH
Channelling comic genius: Jeremy Stockwell (left)
[Robert Day]
STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
Ken
The Bunker, London
“IF THERE’S a goat, order pudding,” was the advice of the adorably anarchic Ken Campbell on one occasion.
Baffling? Not at all. In the context of an anecdote about the late comic genius’s life, it makes perfect sense.
This two-hander, written by and featuring Terry Johnson as himself, sees Jeremy Stockwell channelling Campbell rather than playing him.
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