West End Premiere Of Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical
INTRODUCED BY MASTER OF CEREMONIES SIR IAN MCKELLEN, THE MUSICAL FEATURES A STELLAR LINE-UP OF OVER 100 PUPPETS OF THE GREAT AND NO SO GOOD
Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical makes its West End Premiere at the Phoenix Theatre in London. Written by a tour de force comedy team, made up of Al Murray (The Pub Landlord), Matt Forde (The Political Party), and double Olivier award winner Sean Foley (The Upstart Crow, The Play What I Wrote).
Witness the greatest cast ever assembled live on stage, as the world-famous Spitting Image puppets tread the boards of London’s theatreland for the first time ever in Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical. Critically acclaimed when it was developed at the Birmingham Rep earlier this year, the show is directed by the Rep’s Artistic Director Sean Foley alongside a creative team spearheaded by the original Spitting Image co-creator, Roger Law.
Introduced by Master of Ceremonies Sir Ian McKellen, the musical features a stellar line-up of over 100 puppets of the great and the not so good. Tom Cruise is tasked by His Majesty The King to create the UK’s very own ‘Magnificent Seven’ of celebrity misfits – Tom Cruise, Greta Thunberg, Meghan Markle, Tyson Fury, RuPaul, Angela Rayner and Idris Elba – to save the nation from a cabal of dark forces seeking to destroy it – that’s all the usual suspects. And James Corden. They are joined by: Ant & Dec, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Keir Starmer, Stormzy, Vladimir Putin, The Tory Party Cabinet and many many many many many more.
‘When Spitting Image first appeared on British TV it blew people’s minds,’ said Al Murray ‘Now it’s going to do it all over again in the West End. All the elements the show was famed for: outrageous depictions of the great and the not so good, catchy songs, famous faces saying the things you’ve always wanted to hear them say, all reinvented for the stage. You won’t know where to look!’
Matt Forde commented: ‘Nothing can prepare you for what you’re about to see, it’s the wildest show in the West End. I don’t want to give anything away, but you’ll never look at Suella Braverman in the same way again.’
Sean Foley added: ‘I’m thrilled that Spitting Image The Musical is set to transfer to the West End. Audiences at Birmingham Rep, where the show premiered, loved the classic Spitting Image mix of political satire, celebrity send up and Royal family soap opera. With Rishi Sunak and Angela Rayner battling it out, Tom Cruise making his theatrical debut and Adele singing her heart out, I hope this uniquely anarchic musical will continue to make people laugh.’
IDIOTS ASSEMBLE: SPITTING IMAGE THE MUSICAL
Venue
Phoenix TheatreCharing Cross RoadLondon WC2H 0JP
Performance Dates
Wednesday 24 May – Saturday 26 August 2023
Tickets
From £25
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Age Guidance
From 12+
Content Warning
Contains some strong language
