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Sat 13 Oct 2018

The comedy legends that are The Goons are being wonderfully revived in a new live stage show. The Apollo Theatre Company , who recently produced the critically acclaimed 50th anniversary tour of Round the Horne, have done it again by creating another radio comedy classic live on stage in the form of . And comedy fans in the Midlands will be among those around the country to see it in person when it is performed at the New Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham on September 18 and Lichfield Garrick theatre on Saturday 13 October.



In 1951 the landscape of British comedy changed dramatically when first burst onto the airwaves of the BBC Home Service. The leading performers of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe, together with fellow comedian Michael Bentine in the first couple of years, brought a brand of surreal and chaotic humour unlike anything that had been heard before and revolutionised the way radio comedy was produced. ran until 1960, attracting audiences in the millions who were introduced to a variety of bizarre characters such as Eccles, Bluebottle, Neddie Seagoon, Count Jim Moriarty and Major Denis Bloodnok. The show captured the imagination of the British public and made household names of Milligan, Sellers and Secombe, who all went on to achieve worldwide fame.



Apollo Theatre Company, based in Guildford, Surrey, has teamed up with Spike Milligan Productions to celebrate Spike's centenary year by bringing this timeless comedy classic to the stage in the first major theatrical production of the show in its entire illustrious history. Apollo Theatre, which was founded in 2010 by Tim Astley upon graduating from the Guildford School of Acting, aims to produce exciting productions of both classic original plays and comedies. can be seen at the New Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham on September 18 and the Lichfield Garrick on October 13. Tickets for the New Alexandra Theatre start from £19.40 and can be booked #showinfotabs =fees">online while tickets at the Lichfield Garrick priced £20 are available by visiting www.lichfieldgarrick.com or by calling the box office on 01543 412121.



Forthcoming UK dates

18 September New Alexandra Theatre Birmingham
19 September Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton
20 September Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
22 September Theatre Royal, Winchester
23 September Richmond Theatre
25-26 September Lighthouse Centre for the Arts, Poole
27-29 September Blakehay Theatre, Weston-Super-Mare

2-3 October Octagon Theatre, Yeovil
4 October Princess Theatre, Torquay
5-6 October Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke
7 October Theatre Royal, Brighton
10 October Key Theatre, Peterborough
11 October Capitol Theatre, Horsham
12 October The Hexagon, Reading
13 October Lichfield Garrick
16 October Leatherhead Theatre
17 October Norwich Playhouse
18-20 October Theatre Royal, Bury-St-Edmunds
21 October Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury
23 October New Theatre Royal, Lincoln
24 October Grand Opera House, York
25 October Majestic Theatre, Darlington
30 October South Hill Park, Bracknell
31 October Mercury Theatre, Colchester

1 November Auden Theatre, Holt
5-7 November Theatr Clwyd, Mold
11 November Leicester Square Theatre, London

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