Spymonkey

Surreal, slapstick comedy that is inventive and irreverent in style

Spymonkey’s award-winning brand of comedy is a 21st Century mix of Fawlty Towers, Marx Brothers and Mel Brooks, overflowing with brilliant characters, visual humour, slapstick comedy and outrageous naughtiness.

Since their formation in 1997, Spymonkey have built a huge international following in 20 countries, with sell-out shows at Just for Laughs Festival Montreal, Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Comedy Festival and London’s Leicester Square Theatre.

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Archive //

Spymonkey’s A Christmas Carol
Rehearsal photographs // Rehearsal video // Reviews
 // Production photographs

★★★★
"With all the best bits of Dickens, panto and Christmas pop culture, you can’t do much better than this"
The Guardian on A Christmas Carol

★★★★
“Unique, imaginative interpretation of the tinsel-coated classic”
Wirral Globe on A Christmas Carol

★★★★★
“A masterpiece of madness”
Good News Liverpool on A Christmas Carol

 

★★★★★
"Truly brilliant entertainment, with an underlying depth for those who want it"
The Arts Desk on The Complete Deaths

★★★★
"Just the right amount of emotion to make the humour poignant as well as hilarious"
The Observer on The Complete Deaths

★★★★★
"Often crude, often vulgar, always daft, but also completely and utterly joyous"
The Argus on The Complete Deaths

 

Other reviews //

“If there's a funnier theatre company out there, I can't think of it”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times

★★★★
“Remarkable. Powerful. Joyful”
The Times on Oedipussy

★★★★
“Joyously inventive retelling of the Oedipus legend”
Evening Standard on Oedipussy

★★★★
“A show stuffed with talent, and a true sense of tragedy”
Scotsman on Oedipussy

“Riotous laughter. Funny but shocking. Spymonkey deliver”
The Guardian on Oedipussy

“An outrageous night of comedy... Hilariously tasteless”
British Theatre Guide on Oedipussy

 

Spymonkey’s Moby Dick
Reviews // Trailer // Production photographs

★★★★
“If laughter is the best form of therapy, Spymonkey are just the tonic”
The Times on Moby Dick

“A masterclass in physical comedy, sublime lunacy and exquisitely silly wordplay by four of the greatest clowns currently working in British theatre”
Time Out on Moby Dick

“Must be the funniest show on any stage in Britain”
Birmingham Post on Moby Dick

 

PLAYHOUSE

Trailer

A Christmas Carol
PLAYHOUSE

Calling all singers

Would you like to join our choir for a beautiful musical moment within our production of A Christmas Carol at the Playhouse?
Spymonkey's Cooped // reviews

★★★★★
“Cooped is not to be missed... Almost made me lose control of my bladder”
Metro

★★★★
"A creativity explosion... A wonderfully, woefully miscast cast”
The Scotsman

"The whole house was totally reduced to uproarious laughter"
Theatreworld.net

“Utterly infectious... a perfectly paced hybrid of The Pink Panther and Psycho”
The Independent

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