Original cast of Drop the Dead Donkey reunite for stage adaptation

Classic sitcom Drop The Dead Donkey is making a return in stage format.

A UK tour is planned for January 2024, starring Stephen Tompkinson, Neil Pearson, Susannah Doyle, Robert Duncan, Ingrid Lacey, Jeff Rawle, and Victoria Wicks.

Originally broadcast on Channel 4 between 1990 and 1998, the comedy was set in the offices of Globelink News, a fictional TV news organisation. The show won multiple awards, including a BAFTA for Best Comedy in 1994 and an International Emmy for Outstanding Popular Arts Programming in 1992.

Lindsay Posner will direct the stage adaptation written by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, who created and wrote the original sitcom.

Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin said: 

“We’re overjoyed to be working again with the original cast of Drop The Dead Donkey, after a brief hiatus of about 30 years. It’s going to be hugely enjoyable to watch those 7 funny, flawed characters from Globelink News being plunged into the cutthroat world of modern 24-hour news gathering and trying to navigate their way through the daily chaos of social media, fake news, and Interim Prime Ministers.” 

Drop The Dead Donkey: The Reawakening! exposes the underside of the broadcasting industry in all its riotous glory. Whether you’re one of the legions of die-hard fans of the TV sitcom that was watched by millions, or a British comedy fanatic, the ‘hilarious revival’ is worth a look.

Produced by Hat Trick and Simon Friend Entertainment, Drop The Dead Donkey: The Reawakening by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin will be directed by Lindsay Posner, and designed by Peter McKintosh, with lighting designs by Peter Mumford.

Further information can be found at dropdeaddonkey.co.uk