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New production photos have been released for the UK and Ireland tour of the critically acclaimed comedy THE LAST LAUGH. Learn more and check out the photos here!
Stage and screen star Michelle Collins (EastEnders) will join the West End performance of Eric & Ern as a special guest. The show takes place at the Garrick Theatre on 29 March 2026.
Theatre is, of course, a window on another world, often glitzier and brighter than our own, sometimes a reflection that can comfort or discomfit us and sometimes a portal into what it is to be human at all. It is an escape - and who can deny that we need such refuges more than ever - but it can be so much more than mere escapism. The best theatre of 2025 made those lofty promises - and kept them.
From the Olivier nominated duo behind the hugely celebrated critically acclaimed West End hit Eric & Little Ern, comes Eric and Ern starring Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens.
Following a successful West End run, New York season and UK tour, THE LAST LAUGH will return for a UK and Ireland tour in 2026, opening at Malvern Theatres next year.
'The Last Laugh' is a new play that provides plenty of humor and interesting insights into the careers and lifestyles of three of Britain’s comedy greats.
Direct from a sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Last Laugh is a brand-new laugh-a-minute play which re-imagines the lives of three of Britain's all-time greatest comedy heroes – Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse.
Homage to much-loved comedians and their deceptively dangerous art
59E59 Theaters has announced its Brits Off Broadway season (April 22-June 29), the beloved annual festival that celebrates the best of independent British theater.
The Last Laugh, a play which reimagines the lives of three of Britain’s greatest comedy heroes—Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe, and Bob Monkhouse—will delight Brighton audiences this week. Meet the stars of the show in new photos.
Theatre Royal Brighton will welcome the UK tour of THE LAST LAUGH next week from Tue 11 Feb – Sat 15 Feb 2025. This brand-new play re-imagines the lives of three of Britain's all-time greatest comedy heroes – Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse.
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, THE LAST LAUGH will play Theatre Royal Brighton in February, immediately prior to a West End run at the Noël Coward Theatre.
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a West End run has been announced for THE LAST LAUGH. Written and directed by Paul Hendy, this new play will run at the Noël Coward Theatre in London’s West End from 25 February to 22 March 2025.
The Olivier Award-winning comedy, The Play That Goes Wrong, is celebrating its 10th anniversary on the West End at the Duchess Theatre. Recently, we had the chance to speak with the writers of the show, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields on what it is like to be celebrating this anniversary!
Three of Britain’s all-time greatest comedy heroes – Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse – meet in a dressing room. Old friends, comedy colleagues and masters of their craft … together they pass the time, discussing the secret of life, death, and what it means to be funny… really funny!
Old actors play young characters and find new nuances in familiar speeches
When Covid shut the pubs, Sarah Holt gained consent from her local police station to take her pub variety act on the road to self-isolating households around the neighbourhood. 300 shows later, she had played street corner hen parties to care home gardens, even gaining an admonition from someone’s neighbour (Sir Michael Fish) for making too much din at a hundredth birthday party.
TV presenter, actor and Strictly winner Ore Oduba and actress and soap star Wendi Peters will head up the cast for this year’s spectacular Christmas pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate, with the hilarious Bob Golding returning as Dame.
Tom Fletcher’s interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as the beloved ‘Who’s in Your Book?' series, makes its debut as a brand-new musical show.
London Classic Theatre has announced fourteen further venues for its smash-hit UK and Ireland tour. Abigail's Party extends its run for three months until 7 October.
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