Diary of a Somebody

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Glorious. I will be astonished if I read a more original, more inventive or funnier novel this year.' - Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt He's also a typical man. Subtle doesn't work for him so his tentative friendship with Liz, a woman he (literally) dreams about, is a bit slow to get off the ground. Even when Liz quite obviously asks Brian something where her meaning is quite obvious, for instance, if he would like a nightcap, she gets a monologue with the reasons why he is unable to, or even told that he is watching reruns of A Touch of Frost on the TV that night!

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He has written short stories for BBC Radio 4 and his radio plays include A Portrait of Richard Hillary, Madonna's Plumber, [6] and A Nightingale Sang in Fernhurst Road.Is poetry something that you normally read or was Diary a departure for you? If the latter, has Diary inspired you to read more poetry? Part tender love story, part murder mystery, part coruscating description of a wasted life, and interspersed with some of the funniest poems about the mundane and the profound, Diary of a Somebody is a unique, original and hilarious novel. Discussion Points St Peter's College, Oxford University – Notable Alumni". Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.

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Grey Shorts and Sandals | Radio Times". Archived from the original on 13 April 2014 . Retrieved 11 April 2014. London-Unattached - London Lifestyle » Diary of a Somebody at The Seven Dials Playhouse – Review Diary of a Somebody at The Seven Dials Playhouse – ReviewI am sure that this is because when other people are laughing because someones fallen flat on their face I am going "ouch that must have hurt". In this case the person hurt is not the hero clown (who is seems blissfully unaware of how dysfunctional he is). Rather its his son who is hurt when he forgets his 16th birthday, his employers when he hides his complete incompetence, a mob of suppliers who go unpaid when he wastes all his redundancy money. He never finishes a book for his book club. He robs the fellow members of his poetry club. He completely confuses the poor woman who finds him attractive. Kemp is all groin and grins in the hilarious first act before showing how the playwright’s ravenous eye becomes simply cruel – his flashes of misogyny and racism, his poisonous self-regard. Administered to sexually by “boys” in Tangiers, he can only muse boastfully on his status as a celebrated playwright. Meanwhile, Osmond brings revelatory nuances to Halliwell. His penetrating stare may be fearsome but his pain is always intensely human, so that we never forget the cost to him of each laugh. Halliwell insisted in his suicide note that his partner’s diaries would explain all. They didn’t. This production, however, comes that bit closer. Seven Dials Playhouse opened in February 2022 with Steve directed by Andrew Keates. It seeks to provide opportunities for people to collaborate on bold, creative and high quality work while providing journeys of enlightenment and entertainment for artists and audiences alike.