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Only once-in-a-lifetime there comes a cast like this Russell Brand, Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Eric Idle, Eddie Izzard, Jane Leeves, Jim Piddock, Tracy Ullman and Sophie Winkleman - in a lowbrow comedy about highbrow people, nine actors gather together to perform a 1940's classic radio drama.
Making light of uptight Edwardian costume dramas, the plot follows the decline and fall of the British Empire, all through the 'eyes' of a piano. Eric Idle's What About Dick? was filmed in 2012 with a 2,000 strong live audience from the stage of the Orpheum Theatre in downtown LA, and features 8 new songs by Idle and his Spamalot partner John Du Prez, and on-air sound effects by Tony Palermo. Utter madness, brilliant innovation, weirdly wonderful... and deeply moving, unique entertainment.