The smash-hit new stage adaptation of TV comedy Drop the Dead Donkey has added new dates to its UK tour – including a return to Richmond Theatre in London.
Written by the same writers as the much-loved TV series – Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, it has been 30 years since the trailblazing comedy hit TV screens, ripping into topical events courtesy of the Globelink News team.
Now, the show is back, with many of the cast from the TV series including Susannah Doyle, Robert Duncan, Ingrid Lacey, Neil Pearson, Jeff Rawle, Stephen Tompkinson and Victoria Wicks.
The only sad note is that Haydn Gwynne, one of the stars of the TV show, died in 2023.
The show is returning to Richmond Theatre from 18 to 22 June 2024 due to unprecedented demand, following an initial run at the theatre last week.
Drop The Dead Donkey: The Reawakening! exposes the underside of the broadcasting industry in all its riotous glory, and is directed by Derek Bond, with a creative team that includes Set & Costume Design by Peter McKintosh; Lighting Design by Peter Mumford; Associate Director Indiana Lown-Collins; Production Manager Ben Arkell; Composer Max Pappenheim; Sound Design by Ella Wahlström; Video Design by Dan Light; Props Supervisor PropWorks; Costume Supervisor Yvonne Milnes; and Wigs, Hair and Makeup Supervisor Craig Forrest-Thomas.
Writers Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin originally said in a statement that: “We’re overjoyed to be working again with the original cast of Drop The Dead Donkey, after a brief hiatus of about 30 years. It’s going to be hugely enjoyable to watch those 7 funny, flawed characters from Globelink News being plunged into the cutthroat world of modern 24-hour news gathering and trying to navigate their way through the daily chaos of social media, fake news, and Interim Prime Ministers.”
Other classic TV shows that are coming soon to the stage include An Evening with The Fast Show – which is playing a big UK tour this year; and the West End premiere of classic BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers, adapted for the stage by John Cleese, and opening at the Apollo Theatre in London.
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Drop the Dead Donkey – UK Tour Dates
6th – 10th February 2024
Lyceum Theatre Sheffield
13th – 17th February 2024
The Lowry Salford
20th – 24th February 2024
Chichester Festival Theatre
27th February – 2nd March 2024
Arts Theatre Cambridge
5th – 9th March 2024
Theatre Royal Brighton
12th – 16th March 2024
Milton Keynes Theatre
19th – 23rd March 2024
Leicester Curve
26th – 30th March 2024
Theatre Royal Bath
9th – 13th April 2024
Grand Theatre Leeds
16th – 20th April 2024
The Alexandra Birmingham
23rd – 27th April 2024
Theatre Royal Nottingham
30th April – 4th May 2024
Churchill Theatre Bromley
7th – 11th May 2024
Theatre Royal Norwich
14th – 18th May 2024
Playhouse Liverpool
21st – 25th May 2024
Theatre Royal Newcastle
28th May – 1st June 2024
New Victoria Theatre Woking
4th – 8th June 2024
Everyman Theatre Cheltenham
11th – 15th June 2024
Marlowe Theatre Canterbury
18th – 22nd June 2024
Richmond Theatre
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