Jonty Stephens as Eric and Ian Ashpitel as Ernie capture the brilliance of Morecambe and Wise in their fantastic homage to Britain's best loved comedy duo.

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NEW LONDON SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT  

Celebrate the Centenary Year of Morecambe & Wise

Sunday 29 March 2026 - Garrick Theatre
Returning to the West End for a third time, and to celebrate the centenary year of the nations favourite comedy legends Morecambe & Wise! From the Olivier Award nominated duo behind the hugely celebrated critically acclaimed West End hit ERIC & LITTLE ERN.

A brilliant homage crammed full of renditions of those famous comedy sketches, that hits all the right notes. From Greig’s Piano concerto to Mr Memory, “Arsenal!” It’s a show full of Morecambe and Wise’s most loved routines, songs and sketches, and of course a musical guest, just announced as Michelle Collins!

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Eric & Little ERN
Ian and Jonty first met at drama school in Birmingham in 1983 where they became firm friends. Even back then people would ask ‘are you a double act?’ to which the boys would answer, in unison, ‘No’.
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MORECOME & WISE
Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholomew, 14 May 1926 – 28 May 1984) and Ernie Wise (Ernest Wiseman, 27 November 1925 – 21 March 1999), were a British comic double act, working in variety, radio, film and most successfully in television. Their partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's death in 1984. They have been described as "the most illustrious, and the best-loved, double-act that Britain has ever produced".

‘’Identical:
The pair are dead ringers
for the dynamic duo’’

Daily Mail

‘’It’s joyful to watch’’

Londonist.com

"The real Morecambe and Wise
will never strut their stuff again...
it’s hard to imagine a sweeter
substitute than Jonty Stephens
and Ian Ashpitel"

THE TIMES

‘’You have that giddy out-of-time
illusion that you are watching the
legendary double-act live’’

The Independent

‘’It's hard not to warm to
the sweet silliness of Ian Ashpitel
and Jonty Stephens's tribute to
Morecambe and Wise’’

The Guardian

‘’Stephens has the irrepressible
Eric to a tee, and Ashpitel gives
a sensitive performance as Ernie’’

Liverpool Echo

Eric & Little Ern

“Eric and Little Ern” written and performed by Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens was first performed at The Edinburgh Fringe, to rave reviews and a sell out run.
The show then went on a hugely successful tour, which culminated in its first West End run at the Vaudeville theatre, again to rave reviews and standing ovations.
It was nominated for an Olivier award in 2014.
Another tour and a Christmas run at the St James theatre, London followed.
After putting Eric and Little Ern to bed for a while, the boys are currently developing a concert style show Eric and Ern and performing on P&O’s flag ship Brittania as well as several shows for  Warner holidays.

© 2020 Eric and Ern

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