”Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical ” announces West End cast and voice-over artists

Based on the classic TV series, the show features 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, King Charles III, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Harry and Meghan, Idris Elba, Daniel Craig and many more.

Murray and Forde are also among the line-up of voice-over artists alongside Oliver Chris (Green Wing), Kathryn Drysdale (Bridgerton), Jason Forbes (The Tracy Ullman Show), Luke Kempner (Spitting Image), Lorna Laidlaw (Coronation Street), Jackie Lam (Strangers), Shri Patel (This England), Jess Robinson (Spitting Image), Debra Stephenson (Dead Ringers) and Ronan Summers (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom).

The ensemble of puppeteers includes Antony Antunes, Rianna Ash, Katie Bradley, Emily Essery, Kaidan Dawkins, Bertie Harris, Pena Iiyambo, Jackie Lam, Bright Ong, Will Palmer, Helen Parke, Rayo Patel, Tom Quinn, Richard Vorster and Faye Weerasinghe.

Foley, who also directs the show, commented: “I am thrilled that my first ever new production for The Rep as artistic director is transferring to the West End. Spitting Image The Musical has been an amazing journey so far… From throwing away three entire scripts, to the constant re-writes and creating the new puppets and characters which reflect the crazy world of UK culture and politics, we have been delighted that our audiences so far have laughed as hard and as long as they have.

“Now, with our amazing cast of puppeteers and voice artists, (not to mention the incredible design, dancing, musical numbers, video, sound, and of course the amazing puppets themselves created by a team advised by our Spirit Guide, original co-creator of Spitting Image, Roger Law), we have been updating and reflecting on the most recent events possible… and can exclusively reveal what ‘really’ happened behind the scenes in the week leading up to the King’s Coronation.”

A message from the cast of Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image the Musical on this very special day… pic.twitter.com/jAE3vUsbXS

— WhatsOnStage (@WhatsOnStage) May 6, 2023

Alongside Foley and Law, the creative team also features set designer Alice Power, video designer Nina Dunn for Pixel Lux, lighting designer Tim Mitchell, sound designer Richard Brooker, puppet master Scott Brooker, costume designer Lotte Collet, choreographer Lizzi Gee, incidental music composer and musical director Alexander S Bermange, incidental music arranger and producer Jerome van den Burghe, co-creator of Spitting Image Peter Fluck, general manager Emma Brunjes for ebp, and producers Richard Allen-Turner and Jon Thoday for Avalon.

The show is set to run at the Phoenix Theatre from 24 May to 26 August 2023, with tickets on sale below.