The original "bad boys of abridgement" are back in the UK following a highly successful run in New York and a sell-out US tour of The Complete World of Sports (abridged). In this merciless but affectionate satire, The Reduced Shakespeare Company canter through the entire history of athletic competition in a marathon of madness and mayhem that sees the world's great sporting events shrunk down to theatrical size. The result is a tour-de-force comedy that will delight every sports and non-sports fan in the family. Every sport ever played on every continent in the entire history of the world in under two hours! Let the games begin! Running time: 2hrs + interval| 17 Jul 12 to 25 Aug 12 | Arts Theatre West End, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 14 Jul 12 | Roses Theatre Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 13 Jul 12 | Corn Exchange Bedford, Bedfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 12 Jul 12 | The Hawth Crawley, West Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 11 Jul 12 | Anvil Arts Basingstoke, Hampshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 10 Jul 12 | Lichfield Garrick Lichfield, Staffordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 8 Jul 12 | The Lowry Salford, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 7 Jul 12 | The Civic Barnsley, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 6 Jul 12 | Pavilion Theatre Rhyl, Denbighshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 5 Jul 12 | Courtyard Hereford, Herefordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 4 Jul 12 | Assembly Rooms Derby, Derbyshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 3 Jul 12 | Playhouse Norwich, Norfolk Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 2 Jul 12 | Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Kent Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 30 Jun 12 | Key Theatre Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 29 Jun 12 | Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre Tunbridge Wells, Kent Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 26 Jun 12 to 28 Jun 12 | Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre) Poole, Dorset Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 25 Jun 12 | Hall for Cornwall Truro, Cornwall Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 22 Jun 12 to 23 Jun 12 | Playhouse Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 21 Jun 12 | Corn Exchange Newbury, Berkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 19 Jun 12 to 20 Jun 12 | Northcott Theatre Exeter, Devon Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 18 Jun 12 | Buxton Opera House Buxton, Derbyshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 13 Jun 12 to 16 Jun 12 | Theatre Royal York, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
