Catherine Tate revealed her relief at “not having to make people laugh” as she stars in spooky and serious new West End play Enfield Haunting.
The 54-year-old comedian, who rose to fame on her iconic BBC sketch show, spoke about her new role on This Morning on Friday.
She told presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary of her new role: “It's nice to tell a story, not go out expecting that I'll be there to make people laugh.”
However, she admitted that she “never wanted to make people laugh” but enjoyed the variety of different genres and flexing her acting muscles.
“I think the play is an entertaining evening, but there are no catchphrases in it,” she laughed.
Catherine Tate, 54, has expressed her relief at “not having to make people laugh” as she appears in the spooky and serious new West End play Enfield Haunting
The comedian was speaking after her new sitcom Queen of Oz (pictured) was “cancelled after one season”.
Catherine's new play, in which she plays a woman whose house is possessed by a poltergeist, has failed to impress critics and is already “a contender for worst play of the year.”
Clive Davies of The Times gave the play one star and wrote: “Paul Unwin's play, inspired by the infamous case of a poltergeist said to be rattling around a house in a London suburb in the 1970s, is sure to make the worst list.” .'Plays of the Year.'
He added: “Forget the supernatural chatter, the far-fetched thing here is that Catherine Tate and David Threlfall signed up for such a fiasco.”
Meanwhile, Dominic Cavendish, the Telegraph's senior theater critic, offered the play two stars, taking particular dislike for the ticket price.
This comes after BBC sitcom The Queen Of Oz was canceled by the BBC after just one season, according to TV Zone.
Catherine starred as Princess Georgina, a royal party girl sent to Australia by her father after one PR disaster after another found her all over the tabloids.
Web has contacted a BBC representative for comment.
The Doctor Who actor's success came after a series of relentless cuts made by the broadcaster in its latest attempt to save £500 million.
The comedian spoke about her new role on Friday's This Morning: “It's nice to tell a story, not go out expecting that I'll be there to make people laugh.”
However, she admitted she “never wanted to make people laugh” but enjoyed the variety of genres and flexing her acting muscles (pictured with presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary).
Catherine rose to fame on her legendary BBC sketch show (pictured)
Catherine's new play, in which she plays a woman whose house is possessed by a poltergeist, has failed to impress critics and is already “a contender for worst play of the year.”
Faced with high inflation and a two-year price freeze on a TV license that provides most of the BBC's funding, the broadcaster is doing everything it can to cut costs.
In the television series, the rebellious princes found themselves in another scandal, so the king decided to send them to Australia to serve as the country's monarch.
He hoped the unprecedented move would give his messy daughter a sense of responsibility, but in true comedy fashion, it didn't go according to plan.
In the first season alone, the new queen made her way to the land of Oz.
She caused a ruckus with fires caused by scattered cigarettes, false portraits on banknotes and the untimely death of a kangaroo, which only made matters worse for the royal family.
The Doctor Who star starred as Princess Georgina in Queen of Oz, a royal party girl sent to Australia by her father after she was all over the tabloids