SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM AT THE CHURCHILL THEATRE, BROMLEY
Is there a sitcom as dearly loved and with as much nostalgia attached to it as Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em? It’s the kind of programme that we grew up watching, no matter whether it was the original airing in the 70s, the repeats that were often shown on a Sunday evening (just before Doctor Who, if I recall rightly) in the 80s, or the many other showings across the 90s and up to the present day. It’s gentle humour. It’s got pathos and heart. It’s got Michael Crawford as the hapless, hopeless, wonderfully inept Frank Spencer, for goodness sake, complete with signature beret and mac. It’s got everything for all ages. So, a live version of Some Mothers, eh? With Joe Pasquale as Frank Spencer, is it? How’s that going to go down? If the audience at last night’s performance at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley was anything to go by, it’s going to go down a storm. credit Scott Rylander Before we get to the review proper, I must just mention the effort that the theatre’s staff went to – each one d