Considering it's essentially a big-budget panto with a solid cast and some easy gags, The Windsors gets a lot of things right when it could have done a whole lot more wrong: with a royal parody that's exactly what you'd probably want to be signing up for.
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The stage show captures this zingy wackiness, and Michael Fentiman's direction captures the zeitgeist of a nation locked down for nearly 18 months who just want to laugh at something stupid.
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But the hit-and-miss comedy is aided by assured direction from Michael Fentiman and vividly elegant sets designed by Madeleine Girling. The performances, too, are sharp.
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The Windsors television series will be remembered as part of a long tradition of royal satire, but while the stage show is often very funny and features some cracking performances, it lacks the theatrical ambition you would hope for from a West End show.
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This lampoon of the royal family is both uproariously funny and unashamedly rubbish...Michael Fentiman’s production almost flaunts its shoddiness. A lot of its’ comedy relies on extrapolating posh accents to the point where they make no coherent sense.
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In the case of this comedy, it is puzzling that satire so sparkling on the small screen should be so lumbering in a longer-length live form.
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