Dummy (Stage, 2016) Mature

"Audiences don't want actors curling up in foetal positions just to show them how unhappy they are. They want jokes, they want pratfalls - they want entertainment. And do you know what? They're DAMN well going to get it."

Dennis Turp, disgraced foul-mouthed children's entertainer, makes a comeback in Andrzej Wawrowski's latest edgedy ('edgy comedy').

The players:

David Cole trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's Acting Academy. He has appeared in productions by South West theatre companies including Brass Works Theatre and Thrice Three Muses.

Russell Eccleston is an actor/writer and director who recently graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA (Hons) in Acting. He has played Oberon in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Fritz in 'A Dog's Life' by Pam Valentine and Stiva in 'Anna Karenina'.

Geoff Mills is a Midlands based writer and performer. Credits include BBC Birmingham (audio recording), Listening Books (poetry recording), Canal Café Theatre (comedy sketches), Madame Tussauds (various unsavoury characters).

Lisa Stapleton has been acting since leaving school about 100 years ago. She's has performed in a variety of roles from Viola in 'Twelfth Night' to Sybil Fawlty in 'Fawlty Towers' and most recently, Amanda in 'Private Lives'.