Oliver trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Theatre credits:KING CHARLES III (Almeida Theatre, West End, Broadway); ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS (National Theatre, West End, Broadway) and MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (The Bridge Theatre).Film credits include:WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT, MISS MARX, LIVING.Television credits include:THE CROWN, TRYING and GREEN WING.

Kathryn Drysdale trained at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama.

Theatre credits include: Home, I’m Darling (The National Theatre); The Ruling Class (The Ambassadors Theatre) and The Recruiting Officer (Donmar Warehouse). Film credits include: The Bubble, St Trinian’s and Vanity Fair Television credits include: Bridgerton, The Windsors and Any Human Heart 

Jason trained at the University of Cambridge.

Film credits include:

Borg/McEnroe, Professor Branestawm, Professor Branestawm 2, Dial M For Middlesborough

Television credits include:

The Three-Body Problem (Netflix), The Ballad of Renegade Nell (Disney+), My Lady Jane (Amazon Prime), The Mash Report (BBC Two), Tracey Ullman’s Show (BBC One), and A Gentleman in Moscow (Paramount+) "

Matt Forde is one of the country’s most in-demand satirists and stand-up comedians. Spitting Image the Musical is his first West End production.Theatre credits include:Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image Saves The World (The Birmingham Rep); Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image the Musical (The Phoenix Theatre).

Television credits include:Spitting Image (ITV/Britbox); Unspun With Matt Forde (Dave); The Royal Variety Performance (ITV); Have I Got News For You (BBC); The Last Leg (Channel 4); Channel 4’s Alternative Election Coverage, Mock The Week (BBC Two), 8 out of 10 Cats (Channel 4), Hypothetical (Dave) Rory Bremner’s Coalition Report and Rory Bremner’s Election Report (BBC Two), Question Time (BBC One), This Week (BBC One), Newsnight (BBC Two) and Daily Politics (BBC Two).

Following a stint at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe and a run of performances across the UK with his brand new stand-up show, Macho Macho Man, the last couple of years have seen Luke become a regular contributor/presenter on Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel 4) and voice two series of Spitting Image (BritBox). Other TV appearances include The Last Leg (Channel 4), ITV2’s Stand-Up Sketch Show, Love Island Aftersun, It Takes Two (BBC2) and Celebrity Karaoke Club (ITV2). Luke is also familiar to television audiences with his regular appearances in the BAFTA winning Murder in Successville (BBC3), and as the breakout star of The Imitation Game on ITV1, which led to an appearance on The Royal Variety Performance (ITV1). His other credits include Celebability, Hey Tracey (ITV2) and Pointless Celebrities (BBC1). Luke created and starred in his own review show for ITV2, entitled Luke Kempner’s Impression of 2015 and was the resident comedian on Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side (Channel 5) for 9 series. He is also a regular on BBC Radio 4’s topical comedy institutions The Now Show and News Jack.

Lorna has worked extensively in television, theatre and radio.Television credits include: Mrs Tembe in Doctors, Aggie in Coronation Street, GRANDPA IN MY POCKET, TWIRLYWOOS, IT’S NOT ALL BACH AND BOTTICELLI, BLUE HEAVEN, PLAYING THE FIELD, EMMERDALE, ARE YOU JIM’S WIFE and as a regular presenter of TIKKABILLA.Theatre credits include: I KNEW YOU, THESE FOUR STREETS, SOULFIRES, NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU, GETTING IT STRAIGHT, MICKEY AND ME, THE DEVIL’S ONLY SLEEPING, THE LAST CARNIVAL, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, NIGHTBUS, NATIVITY (Birmingham Rep), THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, ROMEO AND JULIET, PAT AND MARGARET, GREEN FORMS ( New Vic Theatre) BIG FOR ME, LITTLE FOR YOU, SINGING ROCK (Midlands Arts Centre), MACBETH (Theatre Foundry), EDUCATING RITA (Wolverhampton Grand), MISERY, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Redditch Palace), BUDDY (E & B Productions), SHOT THROUGH THE HEART (Pentabus), PUTTING IT ABOUT, THE CERVICAL MONOLOGUES (Woman and Theatre); THATCHER: THE MUSICAL (Foursight Theatre) and FORGIVEN (Theatre Absolute).

Jackie Lam trained at the University of Central Lancashire in Acting.Theatre credits include:'Princess Mononoke' (Whole Hog Theatre, 2013), 'Ticking' (ATG, 2015), 'Confessional (We Are Tramp, 2015) and 'From Shore To Shore' (On The Wire, 2017).Film credits include: High Wire (2023)Television credits include: 'Strangers' (2018)

Al Murray with his alter-ego, The Pub Landlord, is one of the most recognisable and successful comedians in the UK. For over 20 years Al has filled arenas and the largest theatres as The Pub Landlord, and won numerous awards and accolades, including the Edinburgh Comedy Award (formally Perrier Award, after a record four successive nominations) and secured Olivier Award nominations for both of his sell-out West End runs.  He has hosted countless TV series, including the acclaimed entertainment chat show Al Murray’s Happy Hour (ITV) and the ground-breaking sitcom Time Gentlemen Please (Sky).  Al has made multiple appearances on The Royal Variety Performance (ITV) and hosted Live at the Apollo (BBC) and Live at the Palladium (ITV).Swapping his comedy stage persona for himself, Al authored and presented the Broadcast Award-winning five-part series Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English? and Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War? (both Sky).  Combining his passion for film and history he filmed two specials for BBC Four: Al Murray’s Great British War Movies and Al Murray’s Great British Spy Movies.  Al also co-hosts the hugely popular WW2 history podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk with fellow bestselling military author James Holland. As a writer, Al has also enjoyed great success with his books including Book of British Common Sense, Think Yourself British, Great British Pub Quiz Book, Watching War Films with My Dad and, most recently, Command, an entertaining and sharp analysis of the key allied military leaders in WW2, which was released this autumn.

Shri trained at ALRA. Theatre credits include: Rupture (Underbelly Edinburgh), My Big Fat Cow Pat Wedding (Kali Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Secret Theatre), The Ulster Kama Sutra (TNP), Confessional (Theatre 503) Television credits include: Michael Winterbottom's This England, Pennyworth (Warner Horizon) & Emmerdale (ITV) Film credits include:Disarm and The Turtle & the Sea

A multiple award-winning impressionist, actor, voice artist, podcaster, singer and cheese lover, Jess Robinson has showcased her talents across the stage, screen and airwaves.

One of the UK’s top impressionists, Jess has lent her many voices to Headcases, Newzoids and of course Spitting Image. Over the years she had made regular appearances on Channel 4’s The Last Leg as various characters, most notably as a singing Liz Truss. 

A classically trained singer, Jess can imitate a multitude of musical stars - from Judy Garland to Kate Bush, to Lady Gaga. Alongside her stage work, starring as the title role in Jim Cartwright’s Little Voice, directed by Jim himself, Jess sang the title song for the Horrible Histories movie in 2019. 

Jess regularly tours with The Guilty Feminist Live as a solo musical-comedy act, and has sung at many ionic venues including The Royal Albert Hall, The London Palladium and The Hammersmith Apollo.

Jess and her band ‘Jessington World Of Adventures’ have performed at the Edinburgh Fringe with a new show every year since 2014; including the wildly successful No Filter, which rounded off a critically-acclaimed, nationwide tour with a five-night run at the Soho Theatre in 2019 

Jess’ podcast Stars In Your Ears (available wherever you get your podcasts), won Best Entertainment Podcast at the British Podcast Awards in 2021

Follow Jess @JessRobinsonOfficial on TikTok, Insta, Youtube, Twitter and Facebook or find out more at  www.JessRobinson.co.uk

Jess’ voice is thrilled to be making it’s west end debut!

Debra Stephenson is one of the UK’s best loved impressionists, comedy performers and actresses.As a comedic impressionist she is perhaps best known as star of BBC One’s highly rated The Impressions Show, with her other impressive credits in the field including BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers and ITV’s Spitting Image and Imitation Game. As well as the critically acclaimed ITV’s Newzoids.As an actress Debra has had long running roles in Coronation Street, Bad Girls (both for ITV) and BBC’s Holby City, whilst her entertainment credits include The Friday Night Project, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, and Let’s Dance For Sports Relief to name just a few.

Ronan trained at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Theatre credits include: Catcher: Before Chapman Shot Lennon (York Theatre Royal), Resurrection Blues (Old Vic) Film Credits Include: You Were Never Really Here, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Terry Jones’ Absolutely Anything. Television credits include: Vikings, Dr Who, Masters of The Air.  

Swing

Theatre

My Neighbour Totoro (RSC, Barbican); Avenue Q (U.K. Tour); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (U.K. Tour); Lakme (Opera Holland Park); The Importance of Being Earnest (European Tour)

Screen

Puppeteer for: The Little Mermaid, Snow White (Disney live action); Ghostbusters Afterlife Sequel(Columbia Pictures); Wicked (Universal)

Voice artist for: Ron’s Gone Wrong (Locksmith Animation); Dragon Striker (Disney+)

Radio

Jenny The Doctor’s Daughter

Audiobooks

Dark Tales; Before The Coffee Gets Cold; The Accidental Inheritance

Video games

Dead Island II; Xenoblade Chronicles II; Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2; Star Wars: Hunters; Steep; Cyberpunk

Puppeteer

Rianna trained at Birmingham School of Acting (BA Acting) and the National Youth Theatre

Theatre credits include: The Magicians Elephant (RSC), Hamlet (National Theatre), War Horse (National Theatre), The Bear (Pins and Needles Productions), A family affair (Viennas English Theatre)

Dance Captain, Assistant Choreographer & Puppeteer

Katie trained at Laine Theatre Arts

Theatre credits include:

Spitting Image Live! (Birmingham Rep), Tammy Faye (Almeida Theatre, London),Pretty Woman (West End), Guys & Dolls (The Mill, Sonning), The Christmasaurus Live! (HammersmithEventim Apollo), Legally Blonde (Salle Garnier, Monte Carlo), Rent (UK Tour), Elf the Musical (West End/UKTour), Avenue Q (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Thriller Live! (West End & UK/European Tour) and Into TheWoods (Tudor Davies).Film credits include: The Huntsman (Universal Pictures), Alice Through The Looking Glass (Tim BurtonProductions) and Kick Ass 2 (Universal Pictures).

TV credits include:

The Kemps (BBC), Royal Variety Performance 2017 (ITV), Real Crime: Nowhere to Hide –The Story of Hannah Foster’ (ITV), Jekyll and Hyde (ITV), Strictly Come Dancing for Jessie J (BBC), MrSelfridge (ITV) and Doctors (BBC).Director Choreographer credits include: The Devil’s Advocate (ATG for GSA), American Idiot (Arts TheatreLondon) and Yas Movies in the Park: Greatest Showman (Abu Dhabi).

Swing

Emily trained at East 15 Acting School 

Theatre Credits include:

Breathe (Half A String, UK Tour); Oi Frog & Friends (Kenny Wax, UK Tour); Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet (440 Theatre, UK Tour); The Gruffalo’s Child (Tall Stories, International Tour); Red Palace (Shotgun Carousel); Alice’s Adventures Underground, The Fantastical Flying Exploratory Laboratory (Les Enfants Terribles); Plan B Live (The Globe); Doctor Dolittle (Music & Lyrics, UK Tour), Boris & Sergey (Flabbergast Theatre, International Tour).

Puppeteer

Kaidan graduated from East 15 Acting School with a BA degree in Acting and Stage Combat in 2021.

THEATRE CREDITS INCLUDE:

SPITTING IMAGE (Birmingham Repertory Theatre); SPITTING IMAGE, (Phoenix Theatre, London) and LORD OF THE FLIES, (East 15).

Film credit includes:

Lead role in Army, dir. by Matt Broughton

Puppeteer

Bertie trained at Bath Spa University graduating with a BA (Hons) in Acting.

Theatre credits Include:

Idiots Assemble - Spitting Image Saves The World (Birmingham Rep); Dinosaur World Live (UK Tour); The Hatchling Dragon (Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and World Premier); The Lips (UK Tour); Gnomus (Kew Botanic Gardens); Rocket Launch (Blaenavon Iron Works); Meet The Real Eastenders (Schools Tour); and Moby Dick (Newport Transporter Bridge).

Puppeteer

Pena trained Central School for Speech and Drama.

Theatre credits include; THE PETER RABBIT GARDEN ADVENTURE (Histrionic Productions), SPITTING IMAGE (Birmingham REP), THE GHOST OF THOMAS KEMPE (RSC), GULLIVER’S TRAVELS (Unicorn Theatre).

Film credits include; 10 SWORDS & THE MOON (Fenella Greenfield) HOARD (BBC Films).

Television credits include; ANANSI BOYS (Amazon Prime) and DOCTORS (BBC).

Puppeteer

Jackie Lam trained at the University of Central Lancashire in Acting.Theatre credits include:'Princess Mononoke' (Whole Hog Theatre, 2013), 'Ticking' (ATG, 2015), 'Confessional (We Are Tramp, 2015) and 'From Shore To Shore' (On The Wire, 2017).Film credits include: High Wire (2023)Television credits include: 'Strangers' (2018)

Puppeteer

Bright trained at The Curious School of Puppetry.

Theatre credits include:

Macbeth-Shakespeare in the Park (Singapore Repertory Theatre), Urinetown The Musical (Pangdemonium, Singapore), The Pillowman (Pangdemonium, Singapore), 2 Houses (Georgetown Festival, Malaysia), Lord of the Flies (Blank Space Theatre and Sight Lines Productions, Singapore), Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress (Singapore Repertory Theatre), Especially on Birthdays (The Paperboats, Australia tour), BORDERS (+3 Collective, South Korea and Ireland), The LKY Musical (Singapore Repertory Theatre) Pinocchio-The Musical (Singapore Repertory Theatre), mOOn ballOOn (Esplanade and Patch Theatre, Australia),

Film credits include:

2 Boys and a Mermaid (Weiyu Films), Balik Kampung (Independent), Zombies Saved My Cold Dead Heart (We The People)

Television credits include:

This Land is Mine (Channel 5, Singapore), 7 Penjuru (Suria, Singapore), Di Akhir Garisan (Suria, Singapore)

Puppeteer

Helen trained at Circomedia: Centre for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre

Theatre credits include:

Spitting Image Live: Idiots Assemble (Birmingham Rep); Rusalka (Garsington Opera); The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Bridge Theatre & Leeds Playhouse); Satyagraha (London Coliseum ENO & LA Opera); Second Hand Child (Crucible Theatre).

Puppeteer

Rayo Patel trained at East 15.

His favourite credits include Satyagraha (ENO)

Madame Butterfly (ENO)

Animal Farm (UK Tour)

Spitting Image live – Idiot’s assemble (Birmingham)

Puppeteer

Tom trained at East 15.

Theatre credits include:

Spitting Image Idiots Assemble (Birmingham REP), Dinosaur World Live (London & US Tour), War Horse (International Tour), War Horse (National Theatre & Anniversary Tour), The Mousetrap (St Martins, West End). The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Duke of Yorks, West End), Dragons & Mythical Beasts (UK Tour)

TV credits include:

I Con for E4

Swing

Richard trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts - Gyearbour Asante Prize for Acting 2011

Theatre credits include: School of Rock (Gillian Lynne Theatre, UK Tour and South Korea); The Secret Garden (Minack Theatre); Doctor Dolittle (UK Tour); Annie (South Africa); Singin’ in the Rain (International Tour); War Horse (UK Tour and South Africa); Jesus Christ Superstar (South Korea); Parade (Bernie Grant Arts Centre); The Drowsy Chaperone (Bernie Grant Arts Centre); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Lost Theatre); and Equus (South African National Arts Festival).

Puppeteer

Faye trained at Royal Central School of Speech Drama

Theatre credits include:

Spitting Image Live (Birmingham Rep); Abigail’s Party (Harrogate Theatre)

and Full English (UK Tour).

Puppet Captain

Theatre credits include:

Swing/Captain Ratchet in Secret Cinema Presents Guardians of the Galaxy (Secret Cinema), Hero in Dragons and Mythical Beasts (UK Tour), Swing/Puppeteer in Circus 1903 (Royal Festival Hall/Cirque Du Soleil), Puppeteer/ puppet supervisor in Dinosaur World Live (UK Tour), Bladerunner (Secret Cinema), Flop/Pando in Bing Live (UK Tour), The De Nova Super (A Brilliant Everything), Cheshire Cat/Caterpillar/Humpty Dumpty, in Alice's Adventures Underground (Les Enfants Terrible), Will in Hell Yes I’m Tough Enough (Rosemary Branch Theatre), Puppeteer/Science student in Wesley (Red Rose Chain Theatre), Dick in The Three Keepers (Winter Walker), Doctor Stewart Ravaner in Secret Cinema Presents 28 Day Later (Secret Cinema), Jedi in Secret Cinema Presents Empire Strikes Back (Secret Cinema), Joey/Topthorn Head/Ensemble in War Horse (National Theatre Production – New London Theatre), Lead Dancer in Five (Theatre Hullabaloo), Lead Dancer in Common Dance (Dance Umbrella), Lead Dancer in Two Men a Tent and a Match (Longfellows Physical Theatre Co.), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (JHR Productions), Pirate/Indian in Peter Pan (Paul Holman Associates), Ariel in The Tempest (Stageworks Theatre Co.) and Dad/ Hari’s best friend in Listening Eyes (Green Candle Dance Co.).

Film and Television credits include:

Human Assembly (Short Film - Iron Box Films), Shaun of the Dead (Universal & Rom Zom Com) and The Margaret Williams Show (ITV Wales/S4C/Apollo)"

Writer

Writer

Writer and Director

Caricaturist Supremo

Production Designer

Lighting Designer

Video Designer for Pixelux

Sound Designer

Choreographer

Composer and Musical Director

Music Supervisor

Puppet Master

Costume Designer

Puppet Casting Director & Consultant

Prop Supervisor

Associate Director

Associate Lighting Designer

Associate Sound Designer

Company Manager

Stage Manager

Deputy Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Puppet Manager

Puppet Assistant Stage Manager

Creators of Spitting Image

General Manager

Producers