How does Fleabag on stage compare with the TV show?

Fleabag must have sounded like an odd prospect on paper when it was first performed in 2013.

The second and final series concluded earlier this year and now Waller-Bridge is back in the West End performing the original play."As a hot ticket, it's on a par with Harry Potter, as high on the list as Hamilton,"It's a fair assessment - the press night on Wednesday evening was an A-list event. Cast members from the TV show like Andrew Scott and Fiona Shaw rubbed shoulders with Oscar-winner Rami Malek, 6 Music presenter Lauren Laverne and journalist Caitlin Moran.

Ironically, considering the theatre show came first, those who have watched Fleabag as a BBC series will feel like they've had several spoilers for the play. "I liked the idea of Fleabag meeting her match in someone with the same intelligence and wit she has who leads a completely different life." Although Fleabag darts around from her cafe to job interviews to taxi rides to dates, those surroundings are left entirely to the theatre audience's imagination as Waller-Bridge barely shifts from the tall stool she's sitting on for the 65-minute duration.

"Delivering a manner of monologue - she does many voices, and there is disembodied dialogue at certain moments - Waller-Bridge shows herself to be skilled at story, deadpan comedy and one-liners" wrote Craig Simpson of the Press Association.

More middle class comedy yawn

Nothing else going on in the news BBC? No, I can’t be arsed to think of anything either

Who wrote the original story? She wrote the teleplay.

1) it’ll be as funny as the tv show 2) the tv show wasn’t funny 3-6) see 1 & 2

When i saw the headline fleabag i though Jeremy Corbyn was announcing some new drivel.

The promo for this is OTT... plz stap

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