Des Bishop, Soho Theatre

Irish-American makes comic tribute to his actor dad a joyous event

by Veronica LeeTuesday, 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.

‘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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