Ying
Tong - A Walk with the Goons
West
Street
London
WC2H 9ND Ying
Tong (named after the deeply moving Goon ballad Ying Tong Yiddle I Po) begins
with Spike Milligan planning a pyjama-clad escape from a mental institution in
order to write the greatest ever episode of The Goon Show. After making an outlandish
effort to reclaim his marbles from the British Museum, Milligan’s grip on
reality loosens further as he threatens to kill Eccles, probably The Goon Show’s
most iconic character. Infused with
finely-observed Goons-style comedy and featuring a magnificently convoluted plot,
Ying Tong also explores the darker side of Milligan’s mind, which was famously
beset with depression. It is well known that the pressures of writing The Goon
Show placed much mental pressure on Milligan, a fact which lies at the heart of
Ying Tong as he asks his fellow Goons whether producing marvellous new Goon Shows
is worth sacrificing his sanity. Theatre:
New Ambassador's
Cost: ?8.00 - ?35.00
Performance Times (Mon - Friday): 7:45pm
Performance Times (Satur day): 3:00pm & 7:45pm
Performance Times (Sunday): N/A
Matinee:
Thursday 3:00pm
Nearest Tube: Leicester
Square 
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