Following the success of Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen, the comedian, again accompanied by the mellifluous Smithereens, tells the story of his own father in this brand-new show. Syd Smith fought at El Alamein, became a POW and ended the war in the notorious Colditz Castle in Germany. In the 1950s PC Syd patrolled London's South Bank and met a gallery of characters, whom he tried his best not to arrest. Arthur tells this enthralling 20th-century story with laughter, music (from Ray Davies and others), reflections and a hilarious photo.
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Well, this is rather delightful: Arthur Smith’s tender portrait of his father brought to affectionate life through simple but elegant production and evocative…
16/08/2019
Arthur Smith is here to provide a bit of perspective to the festival of navel-gazing that is Edinburgh, with this touching show about his father, Syd, who died in…
17/08/2018