Edge Street Live & Woolyback Productions present
IDEAL: Starring Johnny Vegas
Mon 22 Sep 2025
Edge Street Live & Woolyback Productions present
IDEAL: Starring Johnny Vegas
Mon 22 Sep 2025
Book“Ideal is the best British comedy show on TV.”
THE GUARDIAN
“I couldn’t take my eyes off it.”
Variety
IDEAL: Starring Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas stars as Moz, Manchester’s longest serving weed dealer, in a dope opera of epic proportions. Starring some of the hit BBC TV comedy’s most iconic characters and actors.
Moz and gangsters Psycho Paul and Cartoon Head must dispose of a dead body. But when they discover priceless diamonds inside the corpse, things spin out of control .
Can Cartoon Head be prevented from going on a killing spree? Can big gay Brian find true love? And can Moz survive the strangest night of his life?
Critically acclaimed and a ratings hit, the multi-award winning BBC sit-com
Ideal ran for 7 seasons and 53 episodes. Now Moz and friends are back. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first episode’s broadcast, this new stage show is dark, surreal and hilariously funny.
“Homegrown gold.” – The Daily Mirror
“Crackles with life… Effortlessly funny.” – Time Out
“Excellent… Uncompromising… Not for the faint hearted.” – Radio Times
“Incredible… Should be enthusiastically applauded.” – The Guardian
“A seriously good sit-com.” – The Independent
“A smorgasbord of surreal delights.” – Metro
“Has just about everything – a great script, characters and actors and Johnny Vegas at his best.” – The Observer
“Pure unadulterated pleasure from start to finish.” – Daily Mail
Age restriction: 16+ (due to swearing, drug & sexual content)