Alan Turkington

THEATRE REVIEW: Very Special Guest Star starring Alan Turkington, Edd Muruako and Jonny Khan at Omnibus Theatre, Clapham

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By Aline Mahrud

WORTH A LOOK?: **** RUNTIME: 75 minutes (no interval)

WHEN?: Sunday 5 December (matinee), ran until Sunday 12 December 2021

Khan plays 20-year-old Quasim, the titular very special guest star, who has been invited home by middle-aged couple Michael and Phil to spice up their sex life.

  • Read on for reasons including how this has been shortlisted as Best New Play in our 7th annual monstas
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THEATRE REVIEW: My Night With Reg starring Paul Keating, Stephen K. Amos and Gerard McCarthy at Turbine Theatre

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WORTH A LOOK?: ****

WHEN?: Tuesday 27 July 2021, running to 21 August 2021 UPDATE: Run extended to 11 September 2021

RUNTIME: 135 minutes (including 20-minute interval)

Written in 1994, the same year as film Four Weddings and a Funeral, comedy My Night With Reg could easily have been re-titled ‘two funerals and a housewarming’.

  • Read on for reasons including why this awards-laden classic can stand shoulder to shoulder with The Boys In The Band
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