Monday, 11 March 2013

New play 'Being Tommy Cooper' for UK Tour

Damian Williams
as Tommy Cooper.
Being Tommy Cooper, a new play by Tom Green, will begin a 39-date national tour at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre on Friday 3rd May starring Damian Williams as Tommy Cooper. Damian Williams is well known to television audiences as the presenter of 'Damian’s Are You Smarter Than Your 10 Year Old' on Sky One.

Las Vegas, 1954. In a small hotel room the up-and-coming Tommy Cooper faces the prospect of his first big failure. With the show closing and a warring relationship with his manager, Tommy finds an offer on the table and a drink in his hand. Powerful, provocative, painfully funny and true, Tom Green's astonishing play celebrates the brilliance in Britain's most famous comic and explores the pressures and loneliness of fame. The man who could make you laugh just by walking on to stage comes vividly alive in this confrontational new play. 

Tommy Cooper is one of Britain’s best-loved comedians. After his television debut on the BBC in 1948, Tommy went on to star in many variety shows in a career that spanned four decades, most notably on London Weekend Television from 1968 to 1972 and on Thames Television from 1973 to 1980. By the mid 1970’s he was one of the most successful and recognizable comedians in the world. Tommy died in 1984, famously collapsing from a heart attack on live television in front of millions of viewers during his act on variety show “Live From Her Majesty’s”. 

Further casting to be announced. 

Please visit www.beingtommycooper.co.uk for further information and to view tour dates.

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