The popularity of Simon Cowell's TV talent shows peaked a couple of years ago. Harry Hill and Steve Brown's show was staged too late and felt conflicted. We were asked to laugh at the vacuousness of it all yet also care about the charactersWhereas the diaries of music critics include both first and (at the Proms) last nights, theatre reviewers typically attend only premieres. But, as my 15-year-old son was keen to s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:55AM on April 28, 2014