“I was talking to my doctor the other day about the problem I had with my haemorrhoid cream, and he said it was where I was applying it. Uh, it was on the bus.”

Tickets are now on sale for a new 90-minute revue-comedy theatre show aimed at senior audiences and aptly named ‘Retired Laughing’.

Producers say it’s a show designed and written to bring a host of classic and forgotten jokes back to life for one last hurrah, with audiences to be taken on a journey through classic sketches, songs and jokes which producers say will “resonate with the retired”.

Stars of the show include David Callan, Kim Lewis, Nicola Parry, Terry Hansen and Daniel Cordeaux, all of whom hold extensive performance careers from shows including Theatresports, Channel 10’s ‘Thank God You’re Here’ and Sons & Daughters.

Speaking to Starts at 60, Director Ed Wightman, whose career credits include the wildly successful Fawlty Towers Live, said the twist of the show is that old jokes are being brought out of retirement and being told in a new way, along with plenty of rewritten lyrics to famous songs, and even a Sonny and Cher impersonation.

“We’re basically getting really good actors to kind of bring them to life and creating these dramatic sketches out of them,” Wightman said.

At this point, cast member David Callan interrupted with “Ed, you’ve never said good actor to me. Thank you very much, that’s so nice…”

“Oh no, I meant the other three,” Ed joked back.

The show is the brainchild of writer and producer Kevin Brampton, who has had success writing shows for older audiences including the hilarious Senior Moments, another revue-style show which picked up on topics that annoy and irritate “senior” generations including mobile phones and Lady Gaga.

“I think one of the ideas in his mind was there’s all these old jokes that just need to be retired. We need to just get them out of the way, get those jokes done, so basically, it’s a new approach to doing old material,” Wightman added.

Callen added that he had worked with Kevin Brumpton previously on Senior Moments but wasn’t an actual senior at the time. Now, he has recently turned 60 and therefore “graduated”.

“I’ve been doing comedy since I was in my early twenties, so this is just a natural fit, sketch comedy based on old humour, and finding new ways to tell old jokes,” Callan said.

“There’s certainly a lot of political incorrectness in that some of those jokes are, well, they’re not the kind of jokes you normally hear,” Callan said.

“Stand-up comedy has moved on from that, and it’s more about talking about your high school years. This is looking at married couples and looking at the absolutely stupidity of men and the absolute brilliance of women.”

And will the show start of time, or will it be a show where the cast turns up late and leaves the audience waiting, like so many of the current A-list pop stars?

“Not this one,” Wightman said.

“It will be 90 minutes of pure fun and laughter all the way through – 90 minutes in and out.

“Look, we’re all of an age now where we need to get to bed early as well”

Retired Laughing will play across four venues in Sydney and the Central Coast this month, with four performances scheduled at each.

Tickets can be purchased from the show’s official website.