The show's critical reception, which included reviews in The Daily Telegraph,[1] The Guardian[2] and The Stage,[3] was mixed, with descriptions ranging from "a show that packs some punch" (The Telegraph) to "toothless spoof" (The Guardian).

[4] On November 18, 2007, a charity gala performance of the show was staged at the Arts Theatre, off Leicester Square in the West End.

The evening was hosted by Derek Jacobi in aid of the charity Children of Peace, and featured a brief cameo appearance from journalist Matthew Parris.

[5][6] The show returned to the Arts Theatre for three weeks in January 2008, in a reduced one-hour format with no interval.

[7] The run saw more cameos from well-known politicians and journalists, including MPs Bob Marshall-Andrews and Lembit Opik, former reporter and independent MP Martin Bell, author and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, human rights activist Peter Tatchell, and journalists Rod Liddle, Polly Toynbee, and Andrew Rawnsley.