”Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical” to run in the West End

Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image the Musical has announced plans to run in the West End.

Based on the iconic classic TV series, the show will feature a veritable panoply of iconic figures from the worlds of royalty, TV, sport and movies. Written by Al Murray, Matt Forde and Sean Foley, there will be appearances from Rishi Sunak, Kind Charles III, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Harry and Meghan, Idris Elba, Daniel Craig and more.

The show is set to open at the Phoenix Theatre (currently home to A Streetcar Named Desire) from xxx, ahead of the stage premiere of the Stranger Things theatrical adaptation. It runs through to late August, with tickets on general sale from 10am.

Directed by Sean Foley, the creative team also includes caricaturist Roger Law, set designer Alice Power, video designer Nina Dunn, sound designer Paul Groothuis, lighting designer Tim Mitchell, puppet master Scott Brooker, costume designer Lotte Collet, choreographer Lizzi Gee, composer Felix Hagan, associate composer and musical director Alexander Bermange, production manager John Rowland, associate director Nyasha Gudo, associate sound designer Simon King, assistant set designer Catherine Morgan, puppet casting director Mikey Brett, producer for Birmingham Rep Chloe Naldrett, general manager Emma Brunjes and executive producers Richard Allen-Turner and Jon Thoday for Avalon.