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"It’s a bit like The Trip with Steve Coogan,” quipped Bob Mortimer during this live outing for his hit podcast with Andy Dawson. Well, yes. If The Trip featured two men jabbering on about former England manager Steve McClaren having a pet snake called Casper and wondering how to dislodge a stray lentil from the top of a hard hat.

Athletico Mince is no mere casual project to keep Mortimer from getting bored when regular partner Vic Reeves does his own thing. Mortimer and Sunderland serial Tweeter Dawson make a formidable duo. They specialise in banter and stories with a northern tinge and tangental football themes, typified by their flight of fancy about McClaren’s involvement in a custody battle for Casper the Snake.

The seasoned comedian's experience showed in his superior knockabout physicality, although newbie Dawson was more accomplished at Sylvester Stallone impressions and drinking Dolmio pasta sauce. The latter stunt was more party trick than performance art but it prompted one of the night's loudest cheers. Though I preferred Dawson’s yarn about two mangos smuggling themselves into Glastonbury by hiding under Ed Sheeran's car.

While Mortimer mocked Dawson’s proletarian roots Dawson was quick to satirise Mortimer’s success, asking him if he now has “a personal beetroot consultant.” This is distinctly daft comedy, full of in-jokes, catchphrases and occasional songs. It evokes Viz comic as much as comic Vic Reeves, yet Athletico Mince is very much a winner in its own right. Not like Coogan's Trip at all, but also a trip worth taking.

Arts picks of the week: 10th-16th April 7 show all Arts picks of the week: 10th-16th April 1/7 The Winter's Tale



Until April 22, Barbican Centre; The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s most magical plays: statues come back to life and the company are famously pursued by a bear. Cheek By Jowl’s production, directed by Declan Donnellan, brings that magic to a contemporary audience with their production, which can currently be seen at the Barbican.Until April 22, Barbican Centre; barbican.org.uk Johan Persson 2/7 Key Change



April 10 - 29, Battersea Arts Centre; This account of women in prison was originally devised by women in Her Majesty’s Prison Low Newton in order to tell their stories to male prisoners. The show was at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015 and premiered in New York last year; now it comes to Battersea Arts Centre.April 10 - 29, Battersea Arts Centre; bac.org.uk 3/7 Carousel



April 10 - May 13, Coliseum; Katherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe will star in a semi-staged version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Carousel at the London Coliseum. It was voted by Time as the greatest musical of the 20th century, and this is a strictly limited run, so grab the chance to see Jenkins and Boe give it some welly.April 10 - May 13, Coliseum; eno.org Alex Lentati 4/7 Betroffenheit



April 11-12, Sadler’s Wells; Nab the chance to see the show that was just awarded Best New Dance Production at the Olivier Awards; it’s at Sadler’s Wells this week for two nights only. Crystal Pite and Jonathan Young have created a piece showing the aftermath of personal tragedy through poetry and movement.April 11-12, Sadler’s Wells; sadlerswells.com 5/7 Guards at the Taj



April 10 - May 20, Bush Theatre; The newly renovated Bush Theatre is transported to 17th century India for Rajiv Joseph’s play about art and privilege, which originally premiered in New York in 2015. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, it tells the story of the building of the Taj Mahal, and an emperor who declares no one can look at the building until it is complete.April 10 - May 20, Bush Theatre; bushtheatre.com Marc Brenner 6/7 Men and Girls Dance



April 13-22, The Place; Fevered Sleep’s show brings together professional adult male contemporary dancers, and girls who dance for fun. The show hopes to celebrate the right of adults and children to play and dance together, and to start conversations.April 13-22, The Place; theplace.org.uk Matthew Andrews 7/7 Faye Wei Wei



April 13-29, Cob Gallery; This is the first solo show from Slade School of Fine Arts graduate Faye Wei Wei. Held at The Cob Gallery, her work uses religious iconography and classical myth and explores the theatricality of masculine and feminine.April 13-29, Cob Gallery; cobgallery.com 1/7 The Winter's Tale



Until April 22, Barbican Centre; The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s most magical plays: statues come back to life and the company are famously pursued by a bear. Cheek By Jowl’s production, directed by Declan Donnellan, brings that magic to a contemporary audience with their production, which can currently be seen at the Barbican.Until April 22, Barbican Centre; barbican.org.uk Johan Persson 2/7 Key Change



April 10 - 29, Battersea Arts Centre; This account of women in prison was originally devised by women in Her Majesty’s Prison Low Newton in order to tell their stories to male prisoners. The show was at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015 and premiered in New York last year; now it comes to Battersea Arts Centre.April 10 - 29, Battersea Arts Centre; bac.org.uk 3/7 Carousel



April 10 - May 13, Coliseum; Katherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe will star in a semi-staged version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Carousel at the London Coliseum. It was voted by Time as the greatest musical of the 20th century, and this is a strictly limited run, so grab the chance to see Jenkins and Boe give it some welly.April 10 - May 13, Coliseum; eno.org Alex Lentati 4/7 Betroffenheit



April 11-12, Sadler’s Wells; Nab the chance to see the show that was just awarded Best New Dance Production at the Olivier Awards; it’s at Sadler’s Wells this week for two nights only. Crystal Pite and Jonathan Young have created a piece showing the aftermath of personal tragedy through poetry and movement.April 11-12, Sadler’s Wells; sadlerswells.com 5/7 Guards at the Taj



April 10 - May 20, Bush Theatre; The newly renovated Bush Theatre is transported to 17th century India for Rajiv Joseph’s play about art and privilege, which originally premiered in New York in 2015. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, it tells the story of the building of the Taj Mahal, and an emperor who declares no one can look at the building until it is complete.April 10 - May 20, Bush Theatre; bushtheatre.com Marc Brenner 6/7 Men and Girls Dance



April 13-22, The Place; Fevered Sleep’s show brings together professional adult male contemporary dancers, and girls who dance for fun. The show hopes to celebrate the right of adults and children to play and dance together, and to start conversations.April 13-22, The Place; theplace.org.uk Matthew Andrews 7/7 Faye Wei Wei



April 13-29, Cob Gallery; This is the first solo show from Slade School of Fine Arts graduate Faye Wei Wei. Held at The Cob Gallery, her work uses religious iconography and classical myth and explores the theatricality of masculine and feminine.April 13-29, Cob Gallery; cobgallery.com

April 17, Leicester Square Theatre; leicestersquaretheatre.com