Auditions have been held in London for a Saddam lookalike for a new play. “The show’s organisers were surprised at the turnout, as 14 actors and amateurs donned military fatigues and berets for the open audition at London’s Riverside Theatre in Hammersmith. As the script, by Feelgood author Alistair Beaton, is still being written, the lookalikes were required to do nothing more than wave to imaginary crowds in the manner of the deposed dictator.”