Giant Olive Theatre Company Presents:

Critics Choice at Edinburgh Festival

Monday 26th April 2010
Monday 3rd May 2010
Monday 10th May 2010
Monday 17th May 2010

Bookings:

08444 771 000

After the huge homecoming show at The Macbeth, Eddie Award-winning comic duo The Marvellous Dorians are back and this time they’re in trouble.

Peggy, the Nigerian prince, and Toby, the ex-public schoolboy, are skint and not because of something as passé as the credit crunch. Peggy never had any money in the first place and Toby is shit with all things fiscal.

With the threat of eviction hanging over them, Peggy is forced into some good, old-fashioned skulduggery and starts up his own classic Nigerian 419 scam.

Meanwhile, Toby gets lucky as a wealthy benefactor offers him a substantial amount of money in return for his bank details. Coincidence? Who knows?

Can they pay the rent before their amorous landlord comes a-knocking? Come find out as The Marvellous Dorians struggle to get Bare Dollar.

Support comes from underground mind-reading sensation Mystic Pete ("Phenon-mentally good" - Kerrang), who will hypnotize the audience into thinking they'll have a good night.

The Marvellous Dorians are a comedy duo hailing from London, estd in Sheffield via Barking and Norwich in 2007. They are called the Marvellous Dorians because both were likened to Dorian Gray by ex-girlfriends because they are outrageously good looking but have black hearts. Like characters from Hollyoaks.


They used to be called Marmalade. Don’t really know why. Probably cos they like words with three syllables. Words with three syllables are good for iambic pentameter and make for good sonnets. Which they like. Ironically enough Emeka doesn’t even like marmalade. He says it tastes like off jam. With bits in it. Them bits are especially horrible.


They used to show off in front of girls on nights out. That’s how their unlikely alliance came about. They would verbally joust in front of women when they were going through their Russell Brand phase. Soon magic tricks and hypnosis became part of their repertoire. Never did get many girls.


But they did find themselves hilarious and after a while they decided to script it. The Marvellous Dorians is what has ensued.

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