Shades of Blackadder in Elizabeth & Raleigh - October 2008 The Evening Standard - By Bruce Dessau - October 15th, 2008

It is impossible to produce an irreverent historical comedy without inviting comparisons with Blackadder and this romp certainly knows it. Writer Stewart Lee even makes a pre-emptive strike by namechecking Baldrick and co’s authors Ben Elton and Richard Curtis. Maybe he should give them some royalties, too. The tissue-thin plot involves Raleigh (Miles Jupp) wooing…

ELIZABETH AND RALEIGH: LATE BUT LIVE - October 2008 The Wharf.co.uk - By Giles Broadbent - October 2nd, 2008

Where the Blackadder feared to tread – that is the territory occupied with resolution and wit by Simon Munnery and Miles Jupp in Stewart Lee’s take on the first Elizabethan age. The plot of Elizabeth And Raleigh – passingly relevant as an excuse to move things along – has Raleigh wooing the Virgin Queen only…

Elizabeth and Raleigh @ Library Theatre ★★★★ - September 2008 Manchester Evening News - By Marissa Burgess - September 17th, 2008

HAVING seen Richard Curtis’ jokey take on history in Blackadder and Frankie Howerd relating his doubles to the people of ancient Rome in Up Pompeii, we’re all familiar with lampooned versions of the history books. But not many stray as far as this gloriously silly interpretation of the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and her…

Elizabeth & Raleigh Late But Live - September 2008 Crackerjack - By Sophie Lomax - September 10th, 2008

Hmm… a woman played by a bloke? Sounds a mite Elizabethan and – hey, look! It is. Our eponymous heroes in Late but Live: Elizabeth and Raleigh are ably portrayed by funny men Simon Munnery (Queen Elizabeth I) and Miles Jupp (Sir Walter Raleigh) in this gag-fuelled romp at the Tobacco Factory Theatre. And, yes,…

Scrambled Egg – Gigs, gags and going for a gong - August 2008 Irish Times - August 23rd, 2008

……..The first show I see is Stewart Lee at the Stand Comedy Club. His show is called Scrambled egg and is subtitled: Old Material and new. In random order. (Notes towards a television project). The expected lack of flow given the show’s title was evident the night I was there. It was a particularly disjointed…

ELIZABETH AND RALEIGH: LATE BUT LIVE ★★★★ - August 2008 The Herald - By Carmody Wilson - August 22nd, 2008

Historical themes are not always the easiest for a theatre group to capture, what with actual facts always getting in the way. The best and worst of these attempts are here. Warming himself to the audience like a cuddly chat show host, Sir Walter Raleigh, discoverer of worlds, champion of potatoes, begins with his particular…