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Spike review " capering tribute summons the wise-cracking Goon's spirit by Brian Logan

Watermill theatre, NewburyFast-paced portrait of Spike Milligan hurls us between the comic's anarchic Goon Show sketches, cartoonish clashes with the BBC and the trauma of war Spike Milligan spent the 1940s fighting the war " and the 50s fighting the BBC. That's the argument ventured by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman in their play about the tormented comedian, who channelled his combat experiences into that "shellshock o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM on February 1, 2022

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