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ABFCAP: the Life and Rhymes of Ian Dury is a new play by Jeff Merrifield. It's world premiere took place on 3 August 2008 at The Zoo (venue 124) Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Now dates are upcoming in London and Liverpool under its new title HIT ME!: the Life and Rhymes of Ian Dury. The play is a hard-hitting, warts'n'all portrayal of the singer, who must be regarded as having been one of Britain's important national treasures. Go to .. http://www.playbackarts.co.uk .. for details of latest shows.

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Loads of people who want to see this play, which features Jud Charlton as Ian Dury and Josh Darcy as Fred 'Spider' Rowe, his ebullient and charismatic minder.

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ABFCAP now opens in London

ABFCAP: the Life and Rhymes of Ian Dury has now been renamed as HIT ME!: the Life and Rhymes of Ian Dury and is opening at the Courtyard Theatre in London at the end of November: Courtyard Theatre ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:02:00 GMT

Writing the play

Writing this play has been a labour of love for me. Several years ago I went to see Sophy Dury, Ian's widow, and we went through his address book together. Over the next eighteen months, or so, I int...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:43:00 GMT