Join Maureen Lipman for an evening of musings, monologues and amusing anecdotes about her life and popular culture.
After a career that has encompassed thirty odd – sometimes very odd – West End plays, together with a vast range of television, radio, films, books, magazine articles and BT ads, the new Queen of Coronation Street will be entertaining the audience in the BBC Radio Theatre on the evening of Friday 18 February 2022 with material for two new Radio 4 comedy programmes to be transmitted on Wednesday 16 and 23 March.
The format follows a monologue tradition that builds on the foundations established by artists such as Ruth Draper and Joyce Grenfell. Maureen brings her own particular brand of incisive humour and witty comments to the genre. It begins with a poem reflecting on the past two years we’ve lived through. Characters we meet will include a far too chatty woman on a commuter train and a woman who is a whizz at crosswords. And Hester from the Home Counties makes a second appearance.
For this second series Maureen will be joined by the actor, Oliver Cotton. Together they give life and opinions to various animals including geese, salmon and seagulls. They also give their take on an Awards ceremony. These are the ‘Daftas’.
Maureen loves poems, jokes, sketches and making fun of the world we live in. This will be another evening of laughter and entertainment.
Date: Friday 18 February
Venue: BBC Radio Theatre, London
Doors open: 6.45pm
Recording starts: 7pm
All guests (aged 18 and above) will need to provide the following as a condition of entry:
- A negative COVID-19 LFT result (taken in the 24 hours prior to attending the Event) from a UK Government-approved test provider (either via a home kit or via a test centre), with certification shown via email or text.
**Attendees under the age of 18 will be asked for verbal confirmation (by them or by a parent or guardian on their behalf) that they have not received a positive test for COVID-19 in the last 10 days and are not displaying symptoms of COVID-19.
Face coverings will be mandatory.
In the lead up to the production, to help minimise the spread of coronavirus we ask that you do not attend the show if you begin to develop any of the symptoms of coronavirus or if you have come into close contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus. If you have registered for additional tickets on behalf of your friends and family, we ask that you also let them know to stay at home if they need to.
