James Seabright presents
Yippee Ki Yay
(the parody celebration of Die Hard)
by Richard Marsh
Acclaimed retelling of classic film Die Hard from Richard Marsh – Fringe First-winner, London poetry slam champion, BBC Audio Drama Best Scripted Comedy Drama award-winner and New York cop (one of these is untrue). This joyfully funny show returns to the USA following its hit 2023 debut.
When gunmen seize an LA skyscraper, off-duty policeman John McClane is the hostages’ only hope. This uplifting action romp (and unauthorized parody) celebrates the iconic 80s festive favorite while also telling the personal story of a life-long Die Hard fan. Essential viewing for Hans Gruber connoisseurs and newcomers alike.
Content warning: divorce, foot trauma, German terrorists.
RICHARD MARSH
Writer and Performer
Richard’s one-man show Skittles was commissioned for Radio 4 as Love & Sweets, and won Best Scripted Comedy in the BBC Audio Drama Awards. Dirty Great Love Story(co-written and-performed with Katie Bonna) won a Fringe First in Edinburgh before transferring to New York then the West End. Wingman sold out in Edinburgh before touring and is being developed with Big Talk for UK TV and then with CBS Studios for American TV. It has yet to be on actual TV. Richard created Radio 4 poetry sitcom Cardboard Heart, starring alongside Phil Daniels, Olivia Poulet, Jemima Rooper, Rebecca Scroggs, Russell Tovey and Sam Troughton. Richard is currently developing various TV projects and writing a musical adaptation of classic indie movie Son of Rambow (with Miranda Cooper and Nick Coler of Girls Aloud fame). A former London poetry slam champion, Richard has since turned versenary (he will rhyme for pay).
@RichardBMarsh
DARREL BAILEY
Alternate Performer
Darrel is a West Midlands born actor who trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and recently performed in Small Island(National). Other credits include As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Orsino /Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night(Open Bar),Oedipus(Almeida),Alice in Wonderland(Brockwell Park),Much Ado About Nothing(St Paul’s, Covent Garden), and an immersive production of One Hundred Trillion(Dot Collective). Darrel has previously appeared in Shadow and Bone(Netflix), Eastenders(BBC), and in several short films including Role, Fixing War In Post, A&E, and The Zero Hour.
