The late Spike Milligan’s comic memoirs are about to hit the stage. ‘Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall,’ which tells the story of Spike’s experiences in the Second World War, has been adapted for the theatre and will have its world premiere at the Bristol Old Vic this summer. It will run there from the 9th to the 18th of July with previews from the 4th of July. It will be the theatre’s first in house production since it closed in August 2007.

If you’re thinking this would be a great London show, don’t despair as it will transfer to the Hampstead Theatre where it will run for four weeks from the 24th of July before going on a regional tour.

The show’s director Tim Carroll has adapted the 1971 book with Ben Power. It was previously made into a feature film. The cast includes William Findley, Matt Devereaux, Sholto Morgan, David Morley Hale and Dominic Gerrard. The show is designed by Laura Hopkins, with lighting by James Farncombe and sound by John Leonard.

The regional tour will take in Nottingham, Liverpool, Watford, Chichester, Eastbourne, Edinburgh, Lincoln, Malvern, Plymouth, and Oxford. Further dates will also be announced in due course.

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