Here Comes J. Edgar! A Comedy Musical
Fri 7 Aug - Sun 16 Aug 2026 King's Head Theatre
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As Director of the FBI for almost 50 years, Hoover was the most powerful man in America. Yet behind all the machismo and homophobia was his concealed sexuality, his secret partying and his lifelong love affair with his deputy, Clyde Tolson. Here was a man who stopped at nothing to exert his control - yet underneath the petticoats of power lay his own secrets...
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Cast
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Bryan BattJ Edgar Hoover
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Marc Elliott
Walter Winchhell
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HHugo Bolton
Clyde Tolson
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LLucy O'Byrne
Mother/Mrs Ackerman
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LLaura Medforth
Helen
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JJess Pratley
Boy John/Little Girl
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IIsobel Grace Bass
Onstage Swing
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JJudith Owen
Lady In Red
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JJeremy Batt
Onstage Swing
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SSimon Anthony
John Dillinger/Lyndon B. Johnson
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RRyan Heenan
Agent Purvis/Ike Eisenhower
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AAlfie Parker
Franklin D. Roosevelt/Tony Clownpants
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MMartha Pothen
Nurse/Maisie
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HHolly Willock
Nurse/Casting Director
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RReuben Khan
Thad/John F. Kennedy
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JJoanna Kirkland
Mother/Mrs Ackerman
Creative team
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HHarry Shearer
Book & Lyrics
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TTom Leopold
Book & Lyrics
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PPeter Matz
Music
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JJosh Seymour
Director
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BBill Deamer
Choreographer
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BBen Ferguson
Musical Supervisor, Orchestration & Arrangement
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SSophia Pardon
Set Designer
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TTom Paris
Costume Designer
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JJamie Platt
Lighting Designer
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NNick Lodge
Sound Designer
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HHarry Blumenau CDG CSA
Casting Director
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JJessica McKenna
Associate Director
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AAimee Leigh
Associate Choreographer
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FFeast
Graphic Design
Crew
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KKatie Whatman
Costume Supervisor
Production
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JJames Quaife for Luminous Entertainment Group
General Management
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CCup of Ambition
Marketing
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DDavid Burns
PR