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Des Bishop, Soho Theatre
Des Bishop, Soho Theatre
Irish-American makes comic tribute to his actor dad a joyous event
Tuesday, 03 May 2011
Des Bishop: An outsider’s acutely observational view of people and their foibles
As the audience files in, James Bond title songs accompany a looped clip from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, which was George Lazenby’s sole outing as 007. There’s a reason, as this funny, touching but wholly unsentimental show is a sort of comic tribute to Des Bishop’s father, Mike, who auditioned for the role after Sean Connery hung up his Walther PPK in 1968.
As the audience files in, James Bond title songs accompany a looped clip from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, which was George Lazenby’s sole outing as 007. There’s a reason, as this funny, touching but wholly unsentimental show is a sort of comic tribute to Des Bishop’s father, Mike, who auditioned for the role after Sean Connery hung up his Walther PPK in 1968.
‘Bishop’s father, now dead, could be the ghost in the room but the comic has crafted too good a show for that’
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