The Right Size
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The Right Size theatre company is a British comedy double act
made up of Hamish McColl
and Sean Foley
. They first met at a clown school in Paris late in the 1980s, studying with Philippe Gaulier, and formed their own small-scale theatre company. This company produced "Stop Calling Me Vernon" about an old double act, "Do You Come Here Often?", telling the story of two clowns stuck in the same bathroom for twenty-five years - the latter was put on at the 1997 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Double act
A double act, also known as a comedy duo, is a comic pairing in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin and profession, but drastically different personalities or behavior...
made up of Hamish McColl
Hamish McColl
Hamish McColl is a British comedian, writer and actor. He trained at the Ecole Phillippe Gaulier, Paris and Cambridge University. With Sean Foley, he formed the double act The Right Size in 1988, creating comic theatre shows which toured all over the world. more recently he has worked as a...
and Sean Foley
Sean Foley (comedian)
Sean Foley is a British comedian and actor. With Hamish McColl, he forms the double-act The Right Size.-Theatre:*Freud in Hysteria *Matti in Mr Puntila and His Man Matti...
. They first met at a clown school in Paris late in the 1980s, studying with Philippe Gaulier, and formed their own small-scale theatre company. This company produced "Stop Calling Me Vernon" about an old double act, "Do You Come Here Often?", telling the story of two clowns stuck in the same bathroom for twenty-five years - the latter was put on at the 1997 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Shows
- Moose
- Flight To Finland
- Baldy Hopkins
- Penny Dreadful
- Hold Me Down
- Stop Calling Me Vernon
- Do You Come Here Often?Do You Come Here Often? (play)Do You Come Here Often? is a 1997 play written by Sean Foley and Hamish McColl of the two-person theatre company, The Right Size....
, 1997 - Mr Puntila and his Man MattiMr Puntila and his Man MattiMr Puntila and his Man Matti is an epic comedy by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. It was written in 1940 and first performed in 1948....
(The Right Size/AlmeidaAlmeida TheatreThe Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation which takes its name from the street in which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diverse range of drama and holds an annual summer festival of...
co-production, with Foley as Matti, adapted by Lee Hall) - Bewilderness
- The Play What I Wrote, a tribute to Morecambe and WiseMorecambe and WiseEric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, usually referred to as Morecambe and Wise, or Eric and Ernie, were a British comic double act, working in variety, radio, film and most successfully in television. Their partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's death in 1984...
, directed by Kenneth BranaghKenneth BranaghKenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from Northern Ireland. He is best known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays including Henry V , Much Ado About Nothing , Hamlet Kenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from...
, 2001-2003 - DucktasticDucktasticDucktastic is a 2005 farce, parodying the Siegfried and Roy Las Vegas act, but with performing ducks instead of tigers. The Olivier Award-nominated show stars, and was written by the double act The Right Size and directed by Kenneth Branagh....
, a satire on Siegfried and Roy, but with performing ducks instead of tigers, again directed by Branagh, 2005 - Foley & McColl: This Way Up, 2005 (TV)
- The Remains of Foley and McColl, radio