Harry Shearer and Judith Owen's Holiday Singalong – review

Purcell Room, LondonSome experiences are critic-proof, and they include being coerced into impersonating a birthing goose by the wife of spoof metal legend Derek Smalls. Fans of Spinal Tap or The Simpsons attending this charity one-off to see Harry Shearer in action got more – or less – than they bargained for. In an evening of music, scarce comedy and participative carol-singing (hence the geese-a-laying), Shearer played second fiddle to the evening's host: his wife, the singer Judith Owen....

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