THE MAN CALLED MONKHOUSE

 

Regarded as a man with a ‘Teflon’ showbiz veneer, (some might call it ‘oily’) the show shines a bright light on a personality who among many accolades was simultaneously voted Most Loved and Most Hated Entertainer in a 1978 tv poll.

We trace his life through a difficult childhood, via the vertiginous heights of television superstardom, the dent in his status during the ‘new wave’ comedy of the late ‘80s and finish with a re-born Bob,  back on tv and finally feted as the comic genius he undoubtedly was

 

Denise Silvey for Cahoots Theatre Company in association with Gary Morcambe and Bob Golding presents:

THE MAN CALLED MONKHOUSE
By Alex Lowe (Barry from Watford BBC R4) 
Director: Bob Golding (Olivier Award Winning - 'Morecambe') 

DATES AND VENUES
August 2nd - St Albans Arena
August 6th - August 31st - Rainy Hall, Assembly on the Mound at Edinburgh Festival
September 5th - Shrewsbury Theatre Severn
September 18th - Court Theatre at Pendley, Tring
September 28/29 - Royal and Derngate, Northampton
October 3rd - Lighthouse Theatre, Poole
October 4th - The Place, Bedford
October 16/17 - Devonshire Park Eastbourne

CASTE INCLUDES:

Simon Cartwright