The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb
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The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb was a live stage tour undertaken by the comedy team of David Mitchell and Robert Webb, accompanied by their frequent collaborators James Bachman and Abigail Burdess, who played supporting roles.[1][2]
The show toured forty-four venues[citation needed] in the UK between 19 October[2] and 15 December 2006,[3] ending with three consecutive nights at the Brixton Academy.[4][3] Webb and supporting actress Abigail Burdess married shortly after the tour's conclusion.[5][4]
The content of the tour was adapted by Mitchell, Webb, and director Nick Morris from material previously generated by the team, particularly the sketch shows That Mitchell and Webb Look and That Mitchell and Webb Sound, with significant focus placed on recurring sketches and characters.[1][6] These included Ted and Peter, Numberwang, The Party Planners, Big Talk, The Surprising Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar, The Honeymoon's Over and The Lazy Film Writers. Mitchell described the show as "a compromise of the radio and television work", in the sense that "the theatre can accommodate the visual stuff you do on television and the wordier stuff you do for radio",[7], while Webb described the show as "a greatest hits of all our favourite stuff, ever".[5]
