Voice-over artists, actors, impressionists and comedians have started work creating over one hundred characters for the world premiere of ’Spitting Image Saves the World‘.

Household names including Al Murray, Debra Stephenson and Matt Forde are recording content for the production, which premieres at Birmingham Rep between 1st February and 11th March 2023.

With a creative team that includes original Spitting Image co-creator, Roger Law, alongside a comedy tour de force writing team, Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image Saves the World promises to be the unmissable, laugh-out-loud show to kick-start 2023. 

World famous celebrities will be thrown together as Tom Cruise is tasked by King Charles with saving Great Britain. Greta Thunberg duets with Stormzy as Putin and Xi watch on from their premium seats in the stalls. Sean Foley said:

“Trying to develop a satirical comedy based on the shifting politics of today has been the original fool’s errand: we’ve already thrown away 3 entire scripts - and several famous puppets aren’t even going to make their stage debuts anymore!

”But the sheer joy of casting Tom Cruise alongside King Charles, Greta Thunberg, RuPaul, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has made up for it.

“To be premiering this theatrical extravaganza in Birmingham, the home of the original ground-breaking television series, is a wonderful thrill.

The BAFTA and Emmy award-winning satirical Spitting Image television series originally ran for 18 series between 1984 and 1996, and was watched by over 15 million viewers. It recently made a popular return to TV on BritBox, where across official social media channels, Spitting Image content has been hugely popular with over 200 million views globally, three number 1 trending videos on YouTube and achieved critical praise across the political divide. 

Three one-off specials for ITV have also seen huge success on terrestrial television: with a 4.4 million audience achieving ITV’s highest Saturday night ratings at that time in four years.

Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image Saves the World runs at Birmingham Rep from Wednesday 1st February.

To book tickets visit birmingham-rep.co.uk, call 0121 236 4455 or visit the box office during opening hours.