★★★★ “One of the most ingenious kids’ shows around” Jasmine Chiu, Katie Grace, Matthew Faucher and John-Luke Roberts (front) in Hairy at Polka Theatre, London. Photo: Steve Gregson The company is famed for physical theatre but, here, Spymonkey’s trademark style plays a supporting role to the hair madness. No bother,
Review: Hairy, Polka Theatre Author: Mary Pollard in Family, Fringe Theatre, Reviews 10 July 2023 FOUR STARS – Excellent A wonderful, wild adventure of personal (hair) growth, that will leave the whole family happily washed, brushed and beaming The Polka Theatre is routinely fabulous, offering a beautifully varied range of
Gonna Get Hairy song by Neil Filby, Toby Park & Noah Park-Roesel Polka Theatre Wimbledon – 1st July-20th August BOOK HERE Worthing Pavilion – 24-28 August BOOK HERE
We’ve just had the production shots back from Steve Gregson and they are glorious…
Spymonkey’s first ever show for children opens in London! Laugh-out-loud comedy for Hairies aged 6-12 years and their families. Meet Hairnry. He’s a follicle, and one of the five million hair cells that grow on a human body. On his first day Hairnry arrives at Hair Control Centre with big
Spymonkey are looking for an experienced creative consultant to work with us over the next year to support us in embedding our diversity and inclusion work into the creative process of our next two productions; Hairy and The Frogs. Following a significant change within our artist-led organisation, not least the unexpected
All images © Barbara Pálffy/Volksoper Wien Conductor Tobias Wögerer Stage direction Spymonkey – Aitor Basauri & Toby Park Stage and costume design Julian Crouch Choreography Gail Skrela Video Joshua Higgason Lighting design Tim van’t Hof Choir director Roger Díaz-Cajamarca ENSEMBLE Eurydike Hedwig Ritter Öffentliche Meinung Ruth Brauer-Kvam Pluto (Aristeus) Timothy
More rave reviews of Spymonkey’s directorial triumph at the Vienna Volksoper. It’s a sell-out smash hit! “The Volksoper succeeds in a triumph of comedy: this is how you play operetta! Racy, dust-free, modern and colourful – grandiose entertainment theatre of the highest level. Pure joy!” Wiener Zeitung, 23.1.2023 “The British
Spymonkey’s first foray into operetta had its premiere on Saturday. The reviews have been like nothing we’ve ever experienced. WIENER ZEITUNG 22 Jan 2023 “A triumph of comedy… This is how operetta is played: racy, dust-free, modern and colourful – grandiose entertainment of the highest standard. A pure joy!” [DeepL
SPYMONKEY LAUNCH NEW MANIFESTO AND THREE NEW SHOWS FOR 2023 In celebration of 25 years of making “brilliant virtuoso physical comedy” (BBC R4 Saturday Review), Spymonkey are launching a new manifesto and programme of work for 2023 and beyond. The last three years have seen major changes to the UK’s
