Thursday night, as described here, my friend Mickey Paraskevas and I went to see the first of four staged readings of Eric Idle's play, What About Dick? On the back of the program book, the following was printed….
The use of photography or recording of any kind is specifically prohibited.
HOWEVER, we invite you to record with your own hand held device the final number, The Dick Anthem, and you will be told when it pull it out and hold it up. Expose it to your friends after the show!
Though we had fabulous seats, we did not do this…because no one ever told the audience when to pull it out and hold it up. But some folks figured it out and did so anyway, including someone up in the balcony who posted this shaky video to YouTube. About halfway through, you'll see a guy in the audience who has a bald spot and is wearing a suede coat, standing and applauding in the front row. That's me and Mickey is on my left. On the stage are Eric Idle, Russell Brand, Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Eddie Izzard, Jane Leeves, Jim Piddock, Tracey Ullman, Sophie Winkleman and sound effects wizard Tony Palermo. I'm sorry you don't have a good look at the suit Mr. Connolly was wearing but it was something that Spike Jones would have rejected as "too loud"…
By the way: Mickey (also known as Michael) had his sketchbook along. Wherever I go with him, he has a sketchbook or iPad along and he draws what he sees. He did some pencil drawings at the show and has since added in some color and posted them as a Facebook album. I think that link will get you to it.