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Farce Balmoral has been cancelled at the Norwich Theatre Royal after lead actor Rik Mayall pulled out Comedy actor Rik Mayall has pulled out of a farce due to be staged at the Norwich Theatre Royal.

Chatting to Ade Edmondson, the first thing that strikes you is how completely different he is to his famous TV alter egos such as Vyvyan in The Young Ones or Eddie in Bottom.

Not much surprises us now that the world is as topsy-turvy as the mad hatter's tea-party, but STEVEN RUSSELL is still taken aback to find ex-Young One Adrian Edmondson topping the bill at a Suffolk village music festival .

ADRIAN Edmondson may have had a variety of career changes in his working life, but his motivation for each has always been exactly the same - to have fun! Best known as the anarchic punk Vyvyan Basterd in the Young Ones, inspired by the Sex Pistols, then as the equally anarchic Eddie Hitler in Bottom, he has also written novels, directed films, ...

PUNK songs on folk instruments are the appeal of The Bad Shepherds who look certain to be one of the highlights of the Crawley Folk Festival.