Writer, rhymer and actor Richard Marsh‘s uplifting action romp, Yippee Ki Yay, celebrates the iconic 80s favourite while also telling the personal story of a life-long Die Hard fan.
When gunmen seize an LA skyscraper, off-duty policeman John McClane is the hostages’ only hope. This acclaimed rhyming retelling of the classic film is a joyfully funny show not to be missed. Essential viewing for Hans Gruber connoisseurs and newcomers alike, this is the perfect, one-man show to see in Leeds from 24-25 January.
Writer Richard Marsh‘s one-man show Skittles was commissioned for Radio 4 as Love & Sweets, and won Best Scripted Comedy in the BBC Audio Drama Awards. Dirty Great Love Story (co-written and -performed with Katie Bonna) won a Fringe First in Edinburgh before transferring to New York then the West End. Richard is currently developing various TV projects and writing a musical adaptation of classic indie movie Son of Rambow (with Miranda Cooper and Nick Coler of Girls Aloud fame). He is a former London poetry slam champion.
Director Hal Chambers trained at the University of Sussex, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and The National Theatre Studio Directing Course. He has created and directed several productions including Sam Rose in the Shadows, The Golden Cowpat (both Greenwich Theatre and UK Tour) and Tim and Light (Rich Mix, UK Tour).
Darrel Bailey first performed Yippee Ki Yay at the King’s Head Theatre, London and has since returned for the show’s two north American seasons and for the full Edinburgh Fringe 2023 run. He is a West Midlands-born actor who trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and recently performed in Small Island (National). Other credits include Oedipus (Almeida), Alice in Wonderland (Brockwell Park), Much Ado About Nothing (St Paul’s, Covent Garden), and an immersive production of One Hundred Trillion (Dot Collective).
Produced by James Seabright
YIPPEE KI YAY
Courtyard Theatre, Leeds Playhouse
24-25 January 2025
Age 14+
2 hours including an interval
Box office 0113 213 7700
Book online here.
Photography by Rod Penn.
