Rob Crouch plays Oliver Reed at Liverpool’s Epstein, 6 February

Mike Davis and Rob Crouch’s homage to renowned actor Oliver Reed, arrives at the Epstein Theatre later this month.

Wild Thing explores Ollie as an unstoppable force of nature, it’s Malta in 1999, and time is fast running out. Crouch brings Reed back to vivid life in this one man show.

Writer and Performer Rob Crouch is co-Artistic Director of Brute Farce and Donkey Work. Recent acting credits include Around the World in 80 Days, Moll Flanders (Perth Festival Theatre and tour), Table Manners, Homeland, Apple Pie, Pa Ubu in Ubu Disco. He is one half of sketch duo Clarkson and Crouch and co-creator of the comedy drama podcast The Paranormalists.

Writer Mike Davis is an Emmy-nominated film and television producer specialising in animation who has worked for some of the UK’s leading production companies and Europe’s largest visual effects studio. His credits include Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real, Stephen Hawking’s Universe for Channel 4 and ITV1’s recent March of the Dinosaurs.  

Director Kate Bannister is artistic director of the Jack Studio Theatre, where she was awarded best venue director, Fringe Report Awards 2011, for her work in developing new writing. Directing credits include Borderland, Around the World in 80 Days, and Secrets from the Long Grass.

Wild Thing is at the Epstein Theatre on 6 February.