Following 25 years of ridiculously catchy catchphrases, absurdism and bad wigs, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are to take a host of their characters on the road.
Beginning in the late 80s, the pair worked together on the likes of obnoxious materialist Loadsamoney and the overbearing “suits you, sir” tailors, as well as performing as Smashie and Nicey; more recently, they’ve collaborated on the sketch show Harry and Paul, which ran for four series.
“We have never done it since 1988 and all the stuff we have done on telly has never been done live,” Whitehouse told the Radio Times. “Before we die, or before another comedian puts a contract out on us we thought we’d do a live show. Hopefully in the autumn. Mainly in Iceland but we thought we’d do a couple of UK dates.”
It joins a previously announced TV special, which will feature the pair riffing on real-life personalities including Margaret Thatcher and Mark Rylance.
Their fellow 90s sketch comedians Vic and Bob have meanwhile added eight more dates to their own best-of tour, which begins on 10 November in Glasgow.
