Pete and Dud: Come Again

A new comedy by Chris Bartlett and Nick Awde.

Following its acclaimed West End season in spring 2006, this production headlined the Best Of British festival in New Zealand in June 2006, and toured the UK from April to July 2007.

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Think you know the story of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore? Think again.

Britain's greatest comedy partnership is revisited from Dudley's point of view, revealing why their humour endured when their relationship could not, and how Moore leapt from underrated second fiddle to Hollywood superstar overnight.

Featuring favourite characters from their brilliant early work with Beyond the Fringe partners Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller, through to the hilarious pint-drinking pundits Pete and Dud, to the outrageously funny Derek and Clive. This new play celebrates a unique partnership that changed the face of British comedy forever. Prepare to laugh all over again.

Praise for the West End production:

"Sparky duo ensure this revue is no dud… it's a big hit" Evening Standard

"Essentially, it's an irresistibly funny show with some cracking one-liners." London Theatre

"I laughed a lot... irresistibly funny" Daily Telegraph

"But it’s the way the actors bounce off each other with the apparent spontaneity of the real thing that dazzles. Moore and Cook’s comic freewheeling is superbly caught in a deconstruction of Aretha Franklin’s song Respect. Those who know the original sketch on which this is based will laugh as much as those hearing it for the first time." Mail on Sunday

"Does considerably more than merely impersonate the comedy greats, and the supporting cast do enjoyably malicious turns as Bennett and Miller as well as playing a host of other roles. It all adds up to an affectionate and yet perceptive evening, with some great put-downs." The Guardian

"Hiring young comic actors to recreate the classic routines of Britain's most famous comedians of yesteryear has become a mini-genre in the past five years... this is the best of the ones I have seen, principally because the original material is so strong. There's surely nothing funnier in the West End at the moment." The Spectator

"Chris Bartlett and Nick Awde's new play aims to examine the hazardous partnership of two more dead stars but succeeds mainly in reminding us what an inspired coupling the real thing was.Their story didn't end happily for either - but you'll be helpless with laughter as it unfolds." The Sun

Praise for the original Edinburgh festival production:

‘Immensely entertaining’ Metro

‘Very funny, touching and disturbing’ Daily Mail

‘An entirely enjoyable and rather poignant gallop through the pair's troubled relationship’ The Guardian

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