A riveting show crammed with the kind of risky gags rarely heard on stage these days

Plus: Richard Bean offers the inane rabbitings of a bunch of stranded mariners at the Hampstead Theatre

From magazine issue: 09 November 2024

Howard Webb, John Wark, Emma Davies, Peter Clements in How To Survive Your Mother at the King's Head Theatre. Image: Charles Flint Photography

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