07 Theatre (Rik Mayall)
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This article is from the Rik Mayall FAQ, by Andrew Wong brit-com@pobox.com with numerous contributions by others.
07 Theatre (Rik Mayall)
* Bottom stage tour, with Adrian Edmondson from April to June 1993, and
again in the autumn of 1995.
* Man Equals Man as Uriah at the Manchester Contact Theatre
* The Government Inspector as Khelstakov at the National Theatre
* The Common Pursuit by Simon Gray (as Nick) at the Phoenix Theatre,
London
* Waiting for Godot as Vladimir at the Queens Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave.
* Cell Mates, with Stephen Fry, again written by Simon Gray, performed
in February 1995 at the Albery Theatre, London.
* Bottom: The Big No.2 Tour with Ade Edmondson, performed throughout
the UK during Autumn 1995.
* Bottom: Hooligans' Island with Ade Edmondson, performed throughout
the UK during January 1997.
He also appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in 1979 in a show called DEATH
ON THE TOILET. He was charging ?1 to see it at the time. However, according
to the Festival programme, it's written by Nanker Phelge (a pseudonym used by
the Rolling Stones). In the programme, they write:
"Twentieth Century Coyote
Death on the Toilet by Nanker Phelge.
Where will you be when the day of judgement comes? More to the point -
what will you be doing? Hmmm. I don't know, but I'm changing my
underwear regularly just in case. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if you
died on the .. the er... um... it would be. And what happens when you
get up there? I mean all the judging and that? Hmmm. I don't know, I
only hope you can get legal aid."
"More moving than All-Bran - " B Max.
"An emotional laxative" - Marjorie Poops (agony aunt)
"I ran out of paper" - The Times."
And at another point in the program, it says :-
"Phoenix Festival Co. - Liz - ...by the writers of our 1978 hit
"The Young Ones"
He also appeared as a character called Jeremy on a 1980s charity concert
(perhaps The Secret Policemen?), attempting to put some place called Wallop
on the map with Billy Connolly, John Cleese etc. He was taking off an old
Vegas Elvis number but with different words in his Young Ones character.
something like:
I don't wipe my bottom when I go to the loo
I'm rude to policeman, I pick my nose too
there's no stopping me cos I'm bloody mad
I smoke marijauna and I don't go to lectures
Cos I'm evil - my middle name is Jeremy
Yeah I'm evil so don't you mess arouuuuund with me!
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