Charley's Aunt, Menier Chocolate Factory, London
The role of the eponymous cross-dressing "aunt" in Charley's Aunt was written in 1890 for William Sydney Penley, a man so naturally funny that he had to give up a career in light opera because he lacked the necessary gravitas, and it has since been taken on by Noël Coward, John Gielgud and Arthur Askey. Now Gavin and Stacey star Mathew Horne is tackling the role.