Spotlight put back on Stan and Ollie

A West End production about the lives of one of the best-known comedy double acts in the world is coming to Bridlington.

Laurel and Hardy, which received four star reviews during its West End run, opens at The Spa, Bridlington, on Monday, September 27.

This touring production, starring “uncanny lookalikes” Neil Bromley (Laurel) and Simon Lloyd (Hardy), navigates the highs and lows of their film careers: from schoolboy Stan Laurel’s first attempt at stand-up comedy in a Glasgow variety theatre to the disastrous French/Italian movie Atoll K, one of the last films they made together.

During their trailblazing comedy careers, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appeared in more than 100 films.

The combination was “engineered” by a canny film producer – just one of the surprising facts which emerge from Tom McGrath’s play.

The play begins in a limbo-like waiting room where the pair, now dead, spend their time in nostalgic banter about the old days.

Tickets can be booked by calling The Spa on (01262) 678258 or via www.thespabridlington.co