A Trespasser's Guide To The Classics

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Comedy trio Peepolykus stumble into the plots of great works of fiction

Comedy trio Peepolykus assume the roles of minor characters in great works of fiction and derail the plot of the book through their hapless buffoonery

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Javier Marzan

John Nicholson

Sanchia McCormack

Richard Katz

Chetna Pandya

John Dougall

Nicholas Murchie

Sasha Yevtushenko

A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics: Series 2: The Neck

10/03/2017

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In Whitby, a magician notices strange bite marks on the neck of a woman he has just met.

In Whitby, a magician sees strange bite marks on the neck of a woman he has just met. Stars comedy trio Peepolykus. From 2017.

In 19th-century Whitby, a magician prepares to compete with Harry Houdini at a major international Magic Convention. 

When a ship carrying a cargo of 50 coffins runs aground on the town's beach, he suspects Houdini of pulling a huge publicity stunt.

Comedy troupe Peepolykus assume the roles of minor characters in great works of fiction and derail the plot of the book through their hapless buffoonery.

Written by John Nicholson and Richard Katz

Javier    ......    Javier Marzan
John    ......    John Nicholson
Lucy    ......    Sanchia McCormack
Professor Van Hesling    ......    Richard Katz
Mrs Higgins    ......    Chetna Pandya
Guard    ......    John Dougall
Guard    ......    Nicholas Murchie

Peepolykus (pronounced people-like-us) has exported its brand of irreverent comic theatre to over 100 towns and cities across four continents, often under the auspices of the British Council. 

Their CV includes two tours of Bangladesh, winning the audience award at The Tehran Festival, performing to royalty in Brunei, to Indian states people in the Himalayas, a truly disastrous run in Barbados, an unforgettable stint on The Price is Right in Australia and other occasional bits of telly for the BBC. 

With theatre scripts licensed worldwide, they played for 3 months in London’s West End and collaborated with numerous organisations. 

Peepolykus is produced by Eleanor Lloyd Productions.

Director:  Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.

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