Jimmy
Park Theatre
- Opens: Thursday, 14 January 2027 -
Booking until: Saturday, 23 January 2027 - Running time: 55min.
Jimmy description
Jimmy is a solo show about the tennis player Jimmy Connors and one of the greatest comebacks in sport.
In 1974 Jimmy Connors was the greatest tennis player on the planet. By 1991 he was being annihilated at the US Open by his arch-nemesis' little brother. What happened next was one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history, as Connors, fuelled by the ghosts of his turbulent past, wound back the clock to remind the world what happens when you rattle the cage of a geriatric tiger one last time. The show takes the audience deep inside the mind of an ageing, swaggering alpha.
The show returns to Park Theatre following a completely sold-out run there in January 2026. The Telegraph wrote that "solo shows are ten a penny, this feels like one in a million", The Guardian that it "transcends the limitations of the biodrama format", and Everything Theatre called it "truly an experience to be witnessed live". It is a fast-paced, funny and intensely physical piece that runs for around 55 minutes in Park200, playing alongside Riches' Fringe First-winning The Captain. It contains strong language, haze and loud music.
The show is written and performed by Adam Riches and directed by Tom Parry, who also directs The Captain and Adam Riches and John Kearns ARE Ball & Boe. Parry is one third of the award-winning comedy group Pappys, was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award in Edinburgh as a stand-up, and wrote the Amazon Studios film Your Christmas Or Mine and its sequel. The production is presented by Park Theatre Productions and TIGCO.
Adam Riches plays Connors. He won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show in 2011 and was named Time Out Comedy Person of the Year, and he is known for his portrayal of Sean Bean on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, his Radio 4 series The Guns of Adam Riches and television credits including Detectorists, Top Coppers, Horrible Histories.
Book now for a funny, physical and fiercely competitive comeback story, back on court one more time.
Playing at Park Theatre
Age restrictions
Ages 16+.