Critically acclaimed comedy THE LAST LAUGH returns for UK and Ireland tour
It has been announced that the critically acclaimed comedy THE LAST LAUGH will return for a UK and Ireland tour in 2026, opening at Malvern Theatres from 28 April 2026.
THE LAST LAUGH features Britain’s Got Talent finalist Steve Royle as Eric Morecambe, alongside Damian Williams as Tommy Cooper and Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse, both returning to reprise their roles. The cast is completed by Richard Hodder who is the Walking Cover for all three roles.
Producer Jamie Wilson said: “I am delighted to be working with Evolution Productions again to take Paul Hendy's critically acclaimed The Last Laugh on another UK and Ireland Tour, visiting 21 venues. It is incredible that this production, which started at Edinburgh Fringe and has since played in the West End, New York, and around the UK, will build on this success for a subsequent year.
“I'm also thrilled that Damian Williams and Simon Cartwright are returning to reprise their roles as Tommy Cooper and Bob Monkhouse, with the brilliant Steve Royle joining as Eric Morecambe, to bring these three iconic comedians to life onstage.”
Written and directed by Paul Hendy, THE LAST LAUGH imagines three of Britain's all-time greatest comedy heroes – Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse – in a dressing room, discussing the secret of life, death, comedy and what it means to be funny… really funny! Warm, funny, nostalgic and poignant, The Last Laugh was a sell-out hit when it first premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024 and a critically acclaimed, five-star hit in the West End in 2025.
THE LAST LAUGH features set design by Lee Newby, composition and musical arrangements by Ethan Lewis Maltby, sound by Callum Wills, lighting by Johanna Town, costumes by Amy Chamberlain, and casting by Kate Roddy.
Following Malvern, the production will visit Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Portsmouth, Eastbourne, Torquay, Watford, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Barnstaple, Peterborough, Jersey, Darlington, Buxton, Nottingham, Wolverhampton, New Brighton, Leicester, and Tunbridge Wells.