Richard Marsh

Following our Albert Hall show in front of Die Hard co-screenwriter, Steven E. de Souza, we tour the USA November to December - all dates here. I'm performing up to December 17th, then Darrel Bailey dons the vest for the last week of Denver and Boston. We're back in the UK in 2024 in Northampton and Oxford. Watch this space for more news of this AWARD-WINNING show (best comedy in the London pub theatre awards).

High above Los Angeles, terrorists have seized a skyscraper, capturing everyone inside. Everyone? Not quite. One man managed to escape – an off-duty poet. A poet with a badge. He’s outnumbered, outgunned – and the hostages’ only hope.

RECOMMENDED / CRITICS CHOICE in: The Guardian, Time Out, The Stage, The Telegraph, The Times, the i, Times Radio, Lyn Gardner on StageDoor, The Sunday Times, British Comedy Guide, Reader's Digest, London Pub Theatres. Off West-End pick of the year in Broadway World. Yippee Ki Yay was also featured in The New York Times and on Sky News.

OFFIE-NOMINATED for lead performance in a play and director of a play for Hal and Emma.

London run recommended by The Times (hot list, December 9th, 'a sparkling 70-minute show'), Reader's Digest, British Comedy Guide.

Reviews for the London run:

★★★★ in The Times

'this Die Hard with rhymes is epically entertaining... with this level of panache, wit, insight and — unexpectedly — tenderness.'

★★★★★ in Broadway World

'Beg, borrow or crawl through rat-infested air ducts for a ticket to this brilliant parody of Die Hard.'

★★★★ in Everything Theatre

'If you like your action movies with heart and your poetry smart, fast and funny, Yippee Ki Yay will prove a welcome treat this Christmas.'

★★★★ 1/2 in The Reviews Hub

'Demonstrating excellent physicality and comic timing throughout, the performer captivates his crowd. ... The show closes with rapturous and well-warranted applause.'

★★★★ in London Pub Theatres

‘It’s fast, it’s funny and it’s thoroughly absorbing.’

-- and we have been nominated for a London pub theatres Standing Ovation award.

At the Edinburgh fringe, the show was one of Time Out's theatre shows to see at Edinburgh, and in The Stage's and The Telegraph's best shows of the fringe lists. Reviews:

★★★★ in The Stage

'He nails Bruce Willis’ laconic one-liners and Alan-Rickman-as-Hans-Gruber’s deliciously dry manner.'

Very proud to be among their best shows of the year.

★★★★ in The Guardian

'This kinetic afternoon comedy never flags...guarantees happy trails.'

★★★★ in The Telegraph

' his storytelling chops are undeniable... You’d have to be as heartless as Hans Gruber not to be touched and uplifted by the sentimental (but Hollywood cliché-defying) ending.'

Proud to be among their best shows of the fringe.

★★★★ in The Mail on Sunday (link coming)

'the genius creation of action poet Richard Marsh.'

★★★★ in The Scottish Mail (link coming)

'Vest show in town... An exciting poetry dreamed gem... simply to Die Hard for.'

★★★★★ in The Courier

'A fantastic piece of theatre written and performed by Richard Marsh... an extraordinary one-man performance.'

★★★★ in The List

'Welcome to the party, pal!'

★★★★ in The Arts Desk

'What a lovely show this is... You don’t have to have seen the movie to enjoy this.'

★★★★ in British Theatre Guide

'A charming performance... rollicking fun.'

Not a full review, but RECOMMENDED by British Comedy Guide

'An absolutely glorious high-concept from poet Richard Marsh: his rhyming Bruce Willis is spot-on, but it's the concurrent love story that really pulls you in.'

Also: 'My favourite show of the whole Fringe... Great idea, great execution.'