Terrific revival of Terry Johnson's modern classicTerry Johnson's Dead Funny debuted at the same theatre in the West End in 1994 (after opening at Hampstead), and its starting point is the real events of April 1992 when two funnymen, Frankie Howerd and Benny Hill, died in the same week. It was a bizarre coincidence from which he fashioned a very funny play - which he now expertly directs in this welcome revival …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:36AM on November 4, 2016