Tom Cruise might be tiny.
But the satire certainly isn’t in short supply ahead of the first ever Spitting Image stage show.
The Hollywood star will be lampooned for his height alongside Meghan and Harry, Greta Thunberg and a host of British royals and politicians who have been given a comical makeover for their theatre debuts.
Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image Saves the World will see Cruise tasked by King Charles with saving Great Britain, while Miss Thunberg performs a duet with Stormzy as Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, who has a bat on his shoulder, watch on from their premium seats in the stalls.
Harry and Meghan receive a comical makeover for their theatre debuts
Tom Cruise might be tiny. But the satire certainly isn’t in short supply ahead of the first ever Spitting Image stage show
Spitting Image Saves the World will see Cruise tasked by King Charles with saving Great Britain
Jacob Rees Mogg is depicted as a green praying mantis, complete with his signature glasses and comb over, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s nose and ears are mocked for their size, and Michael Gove’s face has undergone a phallic makeover.
Suella Braverman’s puppet bears a striking resemblance to Ozzy Osbourne with black hair and gothic make-up.
Images also show a topless Putin in leather cuffs and tattooed with the words ‘THUG LIFE’ on his chest, Adele before and after her weight loss, a laughing Nigel Farage wearing a ‘Come on England’ apron and a snarling Tyson Fury.
A team of 12 puppeteers will also bring to life US singer Taylor Swift, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, football manager Jürgen Klopp, and Ru Paul of Drag Race fame.
Jacob Rees Mogg is depicted as a green praying mantis, complete with his signature glasses and comb over
Rishi Sunak’s nose and ears are mocked for their size in the new puppet show
Michael Gove’s face has undergone a phallic makeover
A laughing Nigel Farage wears a ‘Come on England’ apron
A tag line in the trailer reads: ‘Any resemblance to persons living or dead is kind of the point. Story may change due to events that keep changing.’
Original Spitting Image co-creator, Roger Law, is behind the production alongside a tour de force of comedy writing talent including Al Murray, Matt Forde and Sean Foley.
Foley, the show’s director, recently revealed that the team had to scrap two scripts and rewrite a third after Boris Johnson was evicted from No 10 and the Queen died.
‘We started in the summer with a show we’d written called The Liar King, and it was all about Boris Johnson,’ he said.
Taylor Swift wears her signature red lip and curls as she is brought to life by the puppeteers
Images show a topless Putin in leather cuffs and tattooed with the words ‘THUG LIFE’ on his chest
Suella Braverman’s puppet bears a striking resemblance to Ozzy Osbourne with black hair and gothic make-up
Ru Paul also makes an appearance in a pink floral suit and satin shirt
‘Then Boris Johnson was evicted from No 10 so we threw away an entire show – literally, just threw it away.
‘We’ve done that twice. The next huge figure to be central to the new story that we created was the Queen. And then, very sadly, the Queen died. And we threw away another entire show.
‘Since September and October we’ve been writing a new show. So it will be bang up to date.’
Spitting Image, which was watched by 15 million viewers during its peak in the 1980s, was revived in 2020 and given a new home on streaming service BritBox.
Adele features both before and after her weight loss, pictured here side by side
Images also show a snarling Tyson Fury wearing green boxing gloves
Xi Jinping Xi Jinping has a bat on his shoulder and watches on from his premium seats in the stalls
Jürgen Klopp balances a football on his head and has a massive smile
But it was cancelled last year owing to the launch of ITVX, which launched in December.
The platform will play host to upcoming comedy show Deep Fake Neighbour Wars which uses AI technology to reimagine the world’s biggest stars living like normal people and bickering with their neighbours.
Idiots Assemble runs from February 1 to March 11 at Birmingham Rep. Tickets start at £16.50.
Charles and Camilla look happy as they pose side by side for the puppet show
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