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Birmingham Rep releases The Play What I Wrote with Tom Hiddleston for streaming

The hit show heads for the screen!

David Gordon

David Gordon

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15 March 2022

Dennis Herdman, Thom Tuck and Tom Hiddleston in The Play What I Wrote
Dennis Herdman, Thom Tuck and Tom Hiddleston in The Play What I Wrote
© Geraint Lewis
Birmingham Rep will stream is acclaimed revival of The Play What I Wrote, guest starring Tom Hiddleston, for three weeks from 15 March to 4 April.

The Play What I Wrote is a tribute to British comedy act Morecambe and Wise and follows two performing partners as they attempt to put up a play titled A Tight Squeeze for the Scarlet Pimple. But in order to get people to see it, they need to persuade a celebrity guest to join them.

Hiddleston is that celebrity guest, and he costars alongside regular leads Thom Tuck, Dennis Herdman, and Mitesh Soni. The Play What I Wrote is written by Hamish McColl, Sean Foley, and Eddie Braben. Foley directs.

The Play What I Wrote ran on Broadway in 2003, with McColl and Foley in a production directed by Kenneth Branagh.It will also be broadcast later this spring via the BBC.

Tickets for the on-demand stream start at £10 and are available internationally.

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