Following on from their Edinburgh Fringe show in August, Rory Bremner and Jan Ravens are touring the country together this November, appearing at the Cheese & Grain on Thursday 8th November.
She’s Merkel To His Trump. He’s Boris to her Theresa. Two of Britain’s finest impressionists come together on one bill to tour the UK, making sense (and nonsense) of a world where Boris Johnson is Foreign Secretary, Donald Trump is US President, and Brexit means Brexit. Good luck with that.!
Featuring personalities from Nigel Farage to Joanna Lumley, Diane Abbott to Fiona Bruce, and the sublime to Jacob Rees Mogg. Over 30 characters for the price of two, and you can expect a unique mix of impressions and satire from the stars of Bremner, Bird and Fortune and Dead Ringers.
Rory Bremner is Britain’s best-known satirical impressionist and comedian. His satire show Bremner, Bird and Fortune was a mainstay of Channel 4’s output from 1992 to 2010 and won many awards, including three back-to-back BAFTAs.
Since then, Rory has returned to the BBC with two Election specials, along with two Referendum specials for BBC Scotland. He has also presented many documentaries, a series of Great British Views for ITV, and featured in Who Do You Think You Are. He also writes, dances (Strictly Come Dancing, 2011), acts (Relative Values by Noel Coward in London’s West End), and has translated plays and operas by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Bizet (Carmen) and Offenbach (Orpheus in the Underworld). Rory is currently starring with Jan in The Imitation Game, a new impressions panel show for ITV.
Jan Ravens has had a long and varied comedic career, beginning with the esteemed Cambridge Footlights Club. Her first taste of Edinburgh success was as the director of the The Cellar Tapes in 1981, which won the first ever Perrier Award for best comedy show and last year’s show Difficult Woman was a complete sell-out. Jan was also a regular face on Alexei Sayle’s Stuff, Carrot’s Lib and The Grimleys, has made numerous TV appearances on mainstays such as Have I Got News for You, Whose Line is it Anyway? and Countdown, and was even the voice of the Cadbury’s Caramel bunny.
Her talent as an impressionist, however, became obvious with the legendary Spitting Image, and her niche in mimicry has been further carved out in BBC’s Dead Ringers. As the show has developed, so have Jan’s top-notch portrayals of the nation’s favourite celebs and political figures – and none more notable than the current PM Theresa May. Besides touring solo and with Rory this year, she has also appeared on Pointless Celebrities (on the winning team with Stephen K Amos, no less!) on BBC1, Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, Just a Minute and A Charles Paris Mystery (for Radio 4), and is presently appearing in ITV’s The Imitation Game – alongside Rory.
Jan Ravens: “The perfect mimic for our times”
– The Observer
Rory Bremner: “Fast-paced and thought-provoking, prodigiously gifted”
– The Telegraph
Tickets are £20/ £18 concessions (+ service charge). Box office 01373 455 420 www.cheeseandgrain.com
