RSC Friends

Photograph by Helen Maybanks

Les Dennis had his debut in 2 RSC productions this season. It was clear that he found working with the company in The Provoked Wife and Venice Preserved immensely satisfying and that he had learnt much from the RSC gymnasium workshop sessions.

Les is a born raconteur and he entertained the Friends’ audience with his story’s of how he developed his act in working men’s clubs in and around Liverpool. Les was so successful that he became a household name with television shows such as Family Fortunes and The Laughter Show. Les has worked with all the ‘comedy greats’including Tommy Cooper, Russ Abbott, and Bob Monkhouse. Despite his self confessed appetite for publicity (‘Where’s the camera? Is his punchline). Les impressed us with his relaxed style and immense fund of hilarious jokes and anecdotes.

As for future work with the RSC Les would love to play the great comedy roles of Falstaff, Malvolio, or possibly, in a different vein, the Fool in King Lear.