Saturday 17 October 2026
The Goon Show: 75 Years
Scenic Stage Theatre, School of Arts and Creative Technologies, University of York (Campus East), Baird Lane, Heslington, York YO10 5GD
Tickets: £10
Time: 2pm
NOTE: This event takes place in York.
The acclaimed Birmingham Comedy Festival Production of The Goon Show returns to the stage to celebrate 75 years of The Goons!
Featuring two classic radio scripts filled with ground-breaking surreal humour and such unforgettable characters as Neddie Seagoon, Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister, Eccles, Count Jim Moriarty, Bloodnok, Grytpype-Thynne, Bluebottle and more.
"Ying tong iddle-i-po!"
The Goons redefined British humour in the 1950s, and their wide-reaching influence can be felt in everyone from Monty Python and The Beatles to Eddie Izzard, Steve Coogan, Inside No.9 and more.
Starring Richard Usher as Peter Sellars, Mark Earby as Spike Milligan and Jimm Rennie as Harry Secombe, and guests.
Plus Q&A, and a chance to find out more about the comedy archives held by the University of York's Borthwick Institute.
Stage performance commissioned by The Goon Show Preservation Society. Presented by The GSPS and The Borthwick Institute, York. Part of York 50+ Festival. Supporting AgeUK York.
