Christopher Fowler's Blog, page 484

Celebrity Off To A Flying Start

We've already nearly sold out the first night. See further down page for ticket information.

No-Tourist London No.3 – The Shaw Theatre

Poor tourists, queuing for returns to see 'Love Never dies', only to find themselves sitting through the tackiest show ever to turn up on the West End stage, when they could have gone here for a fraction of the price and had a better night out.

The Shaw looks like a conference centre, and is tucked [...]

The Spirit Of Beachcomber Lives On

Who? I hear you ask. Oh God, you're so young – how can you not know about Beachcomber?

Before we commence, a little history; Beachcomber was the nom de plume used by surrealist humour writers D. B. Wyndham-Lewis and J. B. Morton, as authors of the Daily Express column "By the Way" in the period [...]

Celebrity Tickets Now On Sale!

The 'Celebrity' first night is almost sold out!

Victoria Jeffrey, Neil Burgess, Mark Martin & Lucy Clements star in this libellous comedy of big stars and bad behaviour, based on a real London PR agent.

Nov 23 – Dec 4 (Nightly 7:30pm, Matinees Sat 4:00pm, No perfs Sun, Mon)

The Phoenix Artist Club,1 Phoenix Street, London, WC2H [...]

Tickets For 'Celebrity' Now On Sale!

The 'Celebrity' box office is open today. Victoria Jeffrey, Neil Burgess, Mark Martin & Lucy Clements star in this comedy of big stars and bad behaviour. Based on the life of a real London PR agent, I promise only the names of scandal-struck celebrities will be changed to protect us from libel!

Nov 23 – Dec [...]

The Weird & Wonderful World Of Wisdom

I feel like wearing a black armband today. Sir Norman Wisdom has died, aged 95. To many Britons this unsophisticated comic represents something inexplicably special. We grew up with him always on TV and in movies, low budget slapstick comedies that defined an era. At the age of 13, after a bad childhood, Wisdom was [...]

The Ladies Of 'Celebrity'

These are the ladies of 'Celebrity', our outrageous new comedy, tickets for which go on sale tomorrow. Our intimate West End theatre seats an audience of 55 and we expect sales to be brisk, so be quick!

Victoria Jeffrey plays Helena Parole, the grandstanding doyenne of the film PR world, and Lucy Clements plays Bettina La [...]

Suddenly It's The Seventies!

The traffic is gridlocked, the tubes are on strike, Old School Labour is returning, there's rubbish in the streets and – oh, tramps are back, remember them? There's going to be a major terrorist attack and a winter of discontent brought about by swingeing cuts. And despite emancipation, some kind of beauty pageant is holding [...]

Celebrity 6: Locking The Script

Amber, our director, has finished blocking the movements of her cast now. In the upstairs of the Victorian pub where we rehearse there's so much heavy old furniture that everything has to be rearranged before we start. After our last rehearsal, Amber and I sat down and studied the script – there had always been [...]

Nothing To See Here

The Royal Opera House recently sent a threatening letter to a respected opera fan site for using a still from one of its productions. The largely public-funded body obviously fails to understand that driving ticket sales involves telling people a bit about its many productions – although lately it might be better if they didn't. [...]