Ian Hislop and Nick Newman visit Glasgow ahead of their comedy Spike at The King’s.

SPIKE, which embarked on a UK tour in September, is a new play by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman exploring the genius of Britain’s most inspirational and ground-breaking comedian, Spike Mulligan. The pair are well acquainted with the city having previously brought the productions The Wipers Times to Theatre Royal in 2017 and Trial by Laughter to The King’s in 2018. On Monday, they will visit the Mural Trail by the Clutha bar so see the feature of Spike himself. SPIKE opens at The King’s on Tuesday 1 November for five nights.

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SPIKE will star Robert Wilfort (Gavin and Stacey, Bridgerton) in the role of Spike Milligan, Patrick Warner (Peter Cook in The Crown, One Man, Two Guvnors and Play that Goes Wrong) will also join the production to play Peter Sellers, and Jeremy Lloyd (The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, Trial by Laughter) will return to his critically acclaimed role as Harry Secombe.

TV comedienne and podcaster Margaret Cabourn-Smith (Motherland, Miranda, Buffering) will reprise her role as Janet, as will James Mack (The Watermill’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Rivals, Macbeth and Journey’s End) as Denis Main-Wilson / Peter Eton, Ellie Morris (The Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief Movie Night, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery for Mischief Theatre company) as June, and Robert Mountford (The Habit of Art, The Haunting of Alice Bowles for Original Theatre Company, House and Garden for The Watermill) as BBC Executive. Peter Dukes will join the company as BBC Announcer, as will Tesni Kujore as Myra, and Sam Ducane as Doctor.

SPIKE runs at The King’s from Tuesday 1 November until Saturday 5 November 2022.