Yes, it’s Dick time again. It’s a play with songs by Eric Idle and John Du Prez.
And look who they have to play Dick this time……
Russell Brand, Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Eddie Izzard, Jane Leeves, Jim Piddock, Tracey Ullman and Sophie Winkelman.
Four nights only, at the Orpheum, LA, April 26th thru 29th.
Very limited tickets.
The Story of Dick...
“The astonishing cast we have assembled to work on my Dick is a comedy writer’s wet dream...“It’s comedy porn.” - Eric Idle
Idle calls WHAT ABOUT DICK? an “Emotion Picture for Radio,” set between 1910 and eight o’clock, which tells the story of young Dick (Russell Brand) who is studying philosophy and gynecology at Oxford; his two cousins: Emma, (Jane Leeves) an emotionally retarded English girl; her kleptomaniac sister Helena (Sophie Winkleman) and their dipsomaniac Aunt Maggie (Tracey Ullman) all live together in Kensington in a large, rambling, Edwardian novel. When the Reverend Whoopsie (Tim Curry) discovers a piano on a beach, a plot is set afoot that can be solved only by a private Dick, the incomprehensible Scottish sleuth Inspector McGuffin (Billy Connolly) who with the aid of Sergeant Ken Russell (Jim Piddock) finally reveals the identity of the Houndsditch Mutilator.
Described by Idle as “Oscar Wilde on acid, or like Downton Abbey, only even funnier,” “Dick”begins with the birth of the personal vibrator, invented in Shagistan in 1898 by Deepak Obi Ben Kingsley (Eddie Izzard), and tells the story of the subsequent decline of the British Empire as seen through the eyes of a piano.
John Du Prez plays the piano, and Eric Idle appears in his own play as The Narrator. The Grammy Award-winning duo who brought you SPAMALOT (which begins a run at The Pantages Theater February 28-March 3) and NOT THE MESSIAH (a comic oratorio performed at The Hollywood Bowl in 2009) have written eight new songs for the production,
The production at the Orpheum will be taped for eventual release as a concert film, Idle said.
Du Prez will perform piano during the production and Idle will serve as narrator.
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| What About Dick? | Orpheum Theatre - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Thursday 4/26/2012 8:00 PM | view tickets |
| What About Dick? | Orpheum Theatre - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Friday 4/27/2012 8:00 PM | view tickets |
| What About Dick? | Orpheum Theatre - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Saturday 4/28/2012 8:00 PM | view tickets |
| What About Dick? | Orpheum Theatre - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Sunday 4/29/2012 7:00 PM | view tickets |
THE PERFORMANCE OF WHAT ABOUT DICK? IS BEING VIDEOTAPED FOR FUTURE TELECASTS AND OTHER EXPLOITATION AT THE PRODUCER'S DISCRETION AND MAY INCLUDE PICTURES OF THE AUDIENCE OR INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE. ATTENDANCE AT THIS PERFORMANCE SHALL BE DEEMED YOUR CONSENT TO APPEAR IN SUCH TELECASTS WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT MAY NOT BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14.
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