Britain’s first ever national local radio station Radio Active is set to embark on a national tour in spring 2018. The original cast including Radio Acrive reunited in 2016 to perform two of their classic radio scripts live at the Edinburgh Fringe, and following their hugely successful run, are now taking the shows on the road.
Based on the sketch show created during their years in the Oxford Revue, Radio Active was originally written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins (this show is dedicated to him). The show was then adapted for BBC Radio 4, and ran for 53 award winning episodes across 7 series between 1980 -1987. The show later transferred to BBC Two in the form of KYTV, and now comes to you live at venue near you.
Among other classic characters expect to catch up with long suffering radio host Mike Channel, original foodie Anna Daptor, and the accident prone Martin Brown, as well as the cast’s original musical creations, responsible for such parody bands as The Hee Bee Gee Bees and Status Quid.
The Cast:
- Angus Deayton is best known for hosting the first 23 series of BBC One panel show Have I Got News For You, along with the first 3 series of Hell's Kitchen and Would I Lie To You. He's also presented the BAFTA Awards and Comedy Awards, and starred in sitcoms One Foot in the Grave, Pramface and Nighty Night. More recently he's appeared in Waterloo Road and Bake Off: Creme de la Creme.
· Michael Fenton Stevens is an English comedian and actor best known for co-founding The Hee Bee Gee Bees and performing Spitting Image’s number one hit single The Chicken Song. His television credits include roles in My Family, Nighty Night, Outnumbered, Action Team and Ballot Monkeysand as Sir Henry in Benidorm.
· Helen Atkinson Wood played Mrs Miggins in Blackadder The Third. Twice nominated Best Female Comedy Performer by The British Comedy Awards she also appeared in OTT, The Young Onesand Your Cheatin’ Heat by John Byrne. She made her West End debut in Silly Cow by Ben Elton; presented Style Trial for BBC and her own ITV series Private Lives. Helen has been a guest on QIand Have I Got News For You.
- Philip Pope starred in Who Dares Wins and Chelmsford 123, as well as making guest appearances in a number of shows including Blackadder and Only Fools and Horses. More recently Philip has appeared in BBC’s Brian Pern and Channel 4’s Ballot Monkeys. As a composer he wrote hit songs for The Hee Bee Gee Bees and Spitting Image (notably TheChicken Song), as well as for TV shows including Not The Nine O’Clock News, Whose Line is it Anyway?, The Fast Show, and more recently, Outnumbered and Sky One seriesYonderland. He is currently recording The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series for BBC.
Radio Active Listings
20 April 2018 Norwich: Playhouse
www.norwichplayhouse.co.uk / 01603 612580
21 April .2018 Lincoln: Drill Hall
www.lincolndrillhall.com / 01522 873894
26 April 2018 Warwick: Arts Centre
www.warwickartscentre.co.uk / 024 7652 4524
27 April 2018 Bristol: Redgrave Theatre
www.redgravetheatre.com / 0117 315 7602
28 April 2018 Canterbury: Gulbenkian
www.thegulbenkian.co.uk / 01227 769075
10 May 2018 Bury St Edmunds: Theatre Royal
www.theatreroyal.org / 01284 769505
11 May 2018 Cambridge: Junction
www.junction.co.uk / 01223 511511
17 May 2018 Bury: The Met
www.themet.biz / 0161 761 2216
18 May 2018 Leeds: City Varieties
www.cityvarieties.co.uk / 0113 243 0808
19 May 2018 Telford: Oakengates Theatre @ The Place
www.theplacetelford.com / 01952 382382
Picture: Steve Ullathorne
