Round The Horne
Venue: The Corn Hall
Date: Thursday 23rd October 2025
Show Time: 7.30pm
Ticket cost: £21*
ROUND THE HORNE: 60th ANNIVERSARY TOUR
“Oh, Mr Horne! How bona to vada your dolly old eek!”
From the producers of the UK tour of Hancock’s Half Hour comes another radio comedy classic live on stage.
From 1965 to 1968 there wasn’t a bigger radio programme in Britain than the ground-breaking Round the Horne. For half-an-hour every Sunday afternoon, audiences of up to 15 million people would gather around the wireless to listen to Kenneth Horne and his merry crew get up to all sorts of mischief.
With its infamous movie spoofs and hilarious regular characters such as Rambling Sid Rumpo, Charles and Fiona, J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock, and Julian and Sandy, Round the Horne was one of the biggest and best radio comedy shows of all time, and still endures today, 60 years on.
So come and take a step back in time to the BBC’s Paris Studios and experience this comedy classic live.
Original scripts by Barry Took and Marty Feldman.
Compiled and Directed by Tim Astley
www.apollotheatrecompany.com
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - London Theatre 1
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - London Theatre Guide
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Live Theatre UK
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - The Wee Review
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Surrey Advertiser
“a superb evening’s entertainment and I left the theatre wanting more”
Robin Strapp – British Theatre Guide
“I laughed so much… I was in danger of being led out of the theatre”
Linda Kirkman – Scene One
“a must-see show for fans of 60s humour”
Bona Ruocco – London Theatre Guide
Accessibility
If you have access requirements, please contact the Box Office on 01379 652241 (between 10am to 4pm Monday to Saturday) to complete your booking. This allows us to ensure that your visit is as comfortable as possible. We have a limit on how many wheelchair spaces we can safely accommodate so these need to be reserved in advance.
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*not including booking fees
