Yep. I like his stand up too, but this was cringeworthy. The Emma Bunton guest star thing didn't work either.
To be quite honest the only joke I really laughed at was when he went back to King Henry VIII's court and walked in slowly and nonchalantly and said 'Just amblin in' with Anne Boleyn sitting there.
The play, The Play That Went Wrong won lots of awards in the West End and a friend of mine said it's the funniest play she has ever seen, so looking forwards to that in March.