Performing Arts Houston presents Yippee Ki Yay

The parody celebration of Die Hard


(HOUSTON, November 25, 2024) – Performing Arts Houston presents Yippee Ki Yay, the one-man parody celebration of Die Hard, for four performances in Wortham Center’s Cullen Theater, December 20-22. When gunmen seize an LA skyscraper, off-duty policeman John McClane is the hostages’ only hope. This uplifting action romp (and unauthorised parody) pays affectionate tribute to the iconic 80s fan favorite. Essential viewing for Hans Gruber superfans and newcomers alike. Tickets start at $39, at performingartshouston.org.

Yippe Ki Yay writer Richard Marsh’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). He is a former London poetry slam champion.

Hal Chambers, director of Yippee Ki Yay, trained at the University of Sussex, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and The National Theatre Studio Directing Course. He has created and directed several productions including Sam Rose in the Shadows, The Golden Cowpat (both Greenwich Theatre and UK Tour) and Tim and Light (Rich Mix, UK Tour). Work as a Director includes Dare Me To The Desert (Kings Head Theatre), The Elephant in the Room (New Wimbledon Theatre) and The Fastest Clock in the Universe (Alma Tavern Theatre).

TICKET INFORMATION
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CALENDAR DETAILS
Performing Arts Houston
presents
Yippee Ki Yay
December 20-22, 2024|
Friday, 7:30 pm; Saturday, 2 & 7:30 pm; Sunday, 3 pm
Cullen Theater, Wortham Center
Tickets start at $39
performingartshouston.org

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