This toured in 2005 and 2006. In 2007, Clarke introduced a new piece called Nightmare Songs in which Simon Butteriss plays an understudy to the principal comedian of a fictionalised D'Oyly Carte Opera Company during World War II and must be ready to go on at very short notice to play in any of ten G&S patter roles. Clarke plays another resident of his lodging house, an itinerant "variety" performer who assists and hinders the patter man's nightmarish rehearsal.
This production toured from 2005 to 2006. In 2007, Clarke debuted a new piece called "Nightmare Songs," featuring Simon Butteriss as an understudy for a fictionalized D'Oyly Carte Opera Company comedian during World War II. The understudy must be prepared to fill in for any of ten Gilbert & Sullivan patter roles at short notice. Clarke plays another resident of the lodging house, a traveling performer who assists and hinders the patter man's nightmare rehearsal.