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Birmingham Repertory Theatre
PRESS RELEASE

P.G. Wodehouse’s

Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense

Written by The Goodale Brothers
Directed by Sean Foley

Monday 9 to Saturday 14 March

Press Night: Monday 9 March at 7pm

Robert Webb stars in the Olivier award-winning comedy Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense at Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 9 to 14 March. Jason Thorpe will join Robert to play Jeeves and Christopher Ryan will play Seppings.

Winning Best New Comedy at the 2014 Olivier Awards, the charmingly incompetent Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet Jeeves are brought to life in this highly acclaimed comedy by brothers Robert and David Goodale and is based on and adapted from the established literary works of P.G. Wodehouse.

When a country house weekend takes a turn for the worse, foppish fool Bertie Wooster is unwittingly called on to play matchmaker, but also to steal a silver cow creamer from Totleigh Towers. Naturally, his ever dependable valet Jeeves is there to prevent Bertie from making a fool of himself in front of a cast of Wodehouse’s finest characters including Gussie Fink-Nottle, Madeline Bassett, Sir Watkin Bassett, Dahlia Travers, Roderick Spode and Constable Oates.

Robert Webb is best known for his role as Jeremy in Channel 4’s multi-award winning Peep Show which he stars alongside long-time collaborator David Mitchell. Alongside this, Mitchell and Webb wrote and starred in The Mitchell and Webb Situation and That Mitchell and Webb Look which won the BAFTA for best comedy in 2007. A regular on comedy panel shows, he has also appeared in Fresh Meat, BBC3’s The Smoking Room and British films Confetti, Magicians and The Wedding Video. In 2008 Webb made his West End stage debut in the UK premiere of Fat Pig by Neil LaBute at Trafalgar Studios and has subsequently appeared on stage in Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (Duke of York’s) and the Chichester transfer of Neville’s Island (Duke of York’s).

Jason Thorpe has recently appeared on stage in Dennis Kelly’s adaptation of From Morning to Midnight, Nation (both National Theatre), What the Butler Saw (Vaudeville Theatre) and Absurd Person Singular (The Curve, Leicester). Jason has also appeared on screen in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Little Dorrit as well as Holy Flying Circus and ITV’s acclaimed science fiction drama Primeval.

Christopher Ryan is well known for his role in the iconic television series The Young Ones where he starred as Mike alongside Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer and Alexei Sayle. He is also well-known for his roles in Absolutely Fabulous, Doctor Who and The Green Green Grass. Christopher’s stage credits include Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium) and His Girl Friday (National Theatre).

Like many siblings growing up together, writers Robert and David Goodale enjoyed their own, very particular brand of humour. As children they created a range of ridiculous characters that seamlessly evolved into members of their extended family. It was only later that they discovered that P.G. Wodehouse had beaten them to it, in creating an entirely credible world full of even more deliciously bonkers characters.

As adults entering the real world, Robert became an actor, while David pursued a career as a documentary filmmaker, but both remained committed to making people laugh. Two years ago they were encouraged to combine their comic talents to adapt P.G. Wodehouse’s The Code of the Woosters for the stage. They finally put pen to paper, and several drafts later, with the blessing of the Wodehouse Estate, Perfect Nonsense was born. Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense won the award for Best New Comedy at the 2014 Olivier Awards.

Sean Foley (Director) is an award-winning actor, writer and director. He co-founded The Right Size, creating over ten original comedies for the theatre including the Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated production of The Play What I Wrote (Best Comedy 2002), Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (Best New Comedy 2014) and Do You Come Here Often? (Best Entertainment 1999). Theatre credits include: the multi Olivier-nominated The Ladykillers (Liverpool Everyman, Gielgud Theatre, UK Tour), A Mad World, My Masters (Royal Shakespeare Company), Ben Hur (Watermill Theatre/Fiery Angel), What The Butler Saw (Vaudeville Theatre/MJE Productions), The Painkiller (Lyric Belfast), The Critic/The Real Inspector Hound (Chichester Festival Theatre) and The Armstrong and Miller Show Live UK Tour. Sean also directed the X Factor stage musical I Can’t Sing! which premiered at the London Palladium in 2014.

Perfect Nonsense is produced by Mark Goucher and Mark Rubinstein.

Listings Information

Monday 9 - Saturday 14 March
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, Broad St, Birmingham B1 2EP
Performance times: 7pm Monday, 7.30pm Tuesday – Saturday and 2pm matinees on Thursday and Saturday.

Tickets: £12.50 - £35 with concessions available
Box Office: 0121 236 4455 Online Booking: Birmingham-rep.co.uk

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