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Article: Playhouse Theatre, London He may be a one-joke comedian, but he deserves a warm hand. By James Rampton
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 9, 1995
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The backdrop at the Playhouse Theatre consisted of 12 naked
backsides - variously disguised as Mickey Mouse, a belly dancer and
the devil - above the caption: "Welcome to my shrine to the human
posterior." Got the right theatre, then - this could only be a
Julian Clary show.
Since his tabloid-enraging remarks about Norman Lamont and fists
at the British Comedy Awards nearly two years ago, according to the
ironic Clary himself: "My career's being going awfully well - as,
indeed, has Norman's." Unlike the former Chancellor, however, there
is no reason why Clary should not make it back into the limelight.
On the evidence of his new show, he still has the audience where he
wants them - in his ...