Spitting Image The Musical transfers to the West End in May
Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical will run at London's Phoenix Theatre from 24th May to 26th August 2023.
The show, which launched in Birmingham, has been written by Al Murray, Matt Forde and Sean Foley.
Introduced by Master of Ceremonies Sir Ian McKellen, the musical features a 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".
Al Murray says: "When Spitting Image first appeared on British TV it blew people's minds. 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 comments: "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 adds: "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."