Statistics for this exciting new production are nothing short of incredible. It is the biggest and most popular play to come out of Newcastle in many years.

Over 25,000 people in the North East of England have seen it since its premiere at the Customs House in February 2003. Only Shania Twain and Busted attracted more people to a show on Tyneside in the same 12 month period.

Dirty Dusting enjoyed three sell-out runs at the Customs House and twice sold out the prestigious Theatre Royal, Newcastle and then enjoyed a further run at the city’s Tyne Theatre.

The show opened at the King’s Theatre, Glasgow on 14 th June 2005 with a huge advance - having been on-sale for just seven weeks. It was immediately re-booked at the theatre for November 2005 where it sold out and in the same run also played at the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh to huge audiences.

This year, as well as this current tour of Ireland, there is a major tour of England starring Juliette Kaplan, who plays Last of the Summer Wine favourite Pearl.

Former Newcastle Theatre Royal Chief Executive Peter Sarah organised a 10-minute trial of Dirty Dusting in front of an intimate group of people at his venue. The audience was one of the toughest in the business – a group of the theatre’s own cleaning staff. Hearing their guffaws, he booked the shows. Sell-out performances followed and a new theatrical phenomenon was born.

Audiences have taken the hilarious tale of Olive, Elsie and Gladys – the cleaners who get down-right dirty – to their hearts.