Cooped was originally developed with writer-director Cal McCrystal and designer Lucy Bradridge in the spring of 2001 at Riverside Studios and BAC in London, and Teatro Ticino in Switzerland. It premiered at the Komedia Brighton on 17th July 2001, and enjoyed a rapturous reception at the Edinburgh Festival that summer.

Its ensuing UK tour confirmed the show as a favourite amongst audiences and critics alike. Performances have included London Mime Festival and Brighton Paramount Comedy Festival in 2002 and at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2003, and toured internationally to Ireland, Hungary, Finland and Switzerland with support from the British Council.

Following their residency in ZUMANITY - ANOTHER SIDE OF CIRQUE DU SOLEIL in Las Vegas, in October 2005 Spymonkey created an extended 2-act version of the show at the One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre in Calgary Canada. This show, redesigned for medium-scale venues, is currently on an international tour which includes Arosa Comedy Festival, the Coronet Theatre Athens, Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Brighton Festival and Edinburgh Festival.

We thank the following partners for helping us to make the show possible:

Tom Morris and BAC, William Burdett-Coutts and Riverside Studios, Ueli Burkhard and Ticino Theater Waedenswil and everyone at One Yellow Rabbit.