The production features Steve Coogan, a seven-time BAFTA winner, performing multiple roles including Dr. Strangelove, President Merkin Muffley, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake and Major T.J. Kong.

Jonathan Pryce is not a fan of penguins. Steve Coogan tells me this with a sort of “eh, can you believe it?” arch to his eyebrows. Pryce confirms as much. “I’m not an animal person ...