Grumpy Old Women Live

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Comedy closed 15 July 2006

Lyric Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue, London

Following sell-out tours in 2005 and 2006, the Grumpy Old Women are back with a vengeance at London's Lyric Theatre for a strictly limited one month run.

Have you reached 'that certain age'? Are you a little bit hot, a little bit hairy? Are you more likely to shake your rolling pin than your booty? Is there stuff you’d like to get off your saggy old chest? If so, then join Jenny Eclair, Linda Robson and Dillie Keane for a live grump fest. Together, Jenny, Linda and Dillie host an orgy of middle aged mayhem, 90 minutes of theatrical HRT with not a thong in sight. Prompt start, prompt finish. With any luck you'll be home in time to watch Desperate Housewives and put a wash on. Marvellous.

Grumpy Old Women Live is inspired by the ratings busting BBC2 series and best selling Grumpy Old Women handbook, Grumpy Old Women Live, is a celebration of the pre, peri and post menopausal female condition.

"In this live spin-off from the BBC2 series, itself a spin-off from its Y-chromosomed forebear Grumpy Old Men, the new triple act of Jenny Eclair, Dillie Keane and Linda Robson turn talking-head tskings into a slickly scripted evening of comedy. And, surprisingly, it really works... There are standard stand-up gripes here about how rubbish everything is. But Eclair and co-writer Judith Holder ensure the material reflects shared woes about being, as Eclair puts it, 'the in-betweenies': not properly old, not properly young." The Times

"This rampaging, rumbustious show is tailor-made for women" The Daily Mail

"Grumpy Old Women is traditional observational stand-up channelled into a gushing stream of soundbites. Jenny Eclair, Dillie Keane and Linda Robson, bounding around a cheap and cheerful set dominated by a giant pink sofa, complement each other perfectly." The Daily Telegraph

"Fantastical and funny" The Sunday Telegraph

"The trio's gripes and groans, made famous on television, is acted out in a cosy living room set. Their complaints are not all gender-specific... Nor are all the quirks age-specific: "Some days I even remember my pin number," quips Dillie Keane wistfully... Jenny Eclair's saucy suss was the show-stealer. The 46-year-old comic's monologues gave the show its momentum, drawing the bigger laughs with her one-liners even where her line was not the climax of the sequence." The Independent

"If you are planning to celebrate your divorce, mourn your lost youth, or simply want a feel-good night out with the girls, Grumpy Old Women is the perfect ticket. Dillie Keane, Jenny Eclair and Linda Robson are the talking heads who have transferred from screen to peach boudoir stage and they have strong, instant personalities - snooty, snotty and houseproud... More uplifting than a reinforced Wonderbra." The London Evening Standard