York Theatre Royal Announces The World Premiere Of Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s The Psychic

Jeremy Dyson is an award-winning writer and director. His writing credits for theatre include Ghost Stories (Lyric Hammersmith, nominated for Olivier Award for Best Entertainment), The League of Gentlemen are Behind You (UK tour), The League of Gentlemen: A Local Show for Local People (UK tour, Theatre Royal Drury Lane – nominated for Olivier Award for Best Entertainment) and The League of Gentlemen. His co-writing credits for television include Psychobitches (winner of the Rose d’Or for Best TV Comedy and nominated for two British Comedy Awards), The Armstrong & Miller Show (winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Comedy), Billy Goat, Funland (nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Drama Serial), The League of Gentlemen (winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Comedy, Golden Rose of Montreux and RTS Award for Best Entertainment). His co-writing credits for film include Ghost Stories and The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse.

Andy Nyman is an award-winning actor, director and writer who has earned acclaim from both critics and audiences for his work in theatre, film and television. As an actor, his theatre work includes The Producers, Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory), Fiddler on the Roof (Menier Chocolate Factory and Playhouse Theatre – Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical), Abigail’s Party (Menier Chocolate Factory and Wyndham’s Theatre), Hello, Dolly! (The London Palladium), Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen (Wyndham’s Theatre/Broadway), and the original production of Ghost Stories (Duke of York’s Theatre/Arts Theatre) which he starred in, co-wrote and co-directed with Jeremy Dyson – later adapted into a film, in which he also starred. His extensive television credits include Lockerbie, Wanderlust, The Eichmann Show, Campus, Dead Set as well as his highly acclaimed performance as Winston Churchill in Peaky Blinders. Nyman’s extensive film credits include Jungle Cruise, Judy, The Commuter, Death at a Funeral, Kick-Ass 2, Black Death, The Brother’s Bloom, Severance and Shut Up & Shoot Me, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cherbourg Film Festival in 2006. In addition, he has collaborated with Derren Brown for almost 20 years, co-writing and co-creating much of Brown’s early TV work.  He has also co-written and directed Brown’s stage shows, winning the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment for Derren Brown – Something Wicked This Way Comes and a New York Drama Desk Award for Best Unique Theatrical Event 2017 for Derren Brown – Secret.