We’re fairly certain if you spend the occasional night in front of the telly you’ll know the character of Keith Lemon extremely well – yes, sorry to break it to you but Keith isn’t really real. The man behind the alter-ego LEIGH FRANCIS – the real-life persona of Keith Lemon is a comedian in his own right and has just announced his first-ever solo tour where he’ll be bringing all of his characters to life on stage.
Leigh’s characters and sketches have kept millions of us laughing (and cringing a little) for years, and now he’s stepping out as himself on an 18 date tour around the country.
Joining Leigh will be his favourite characters, all brought to life in a live environment for the very first time ever. From Keith Lemon, Bear and Avid Merrion to ‘David Dickinson‘, ‘Ant and Dec‘ and Myrtle, this tour will be packed full of hilarious sketches with buckets of audience interaction.
Leigh and his characters are ready to assemble and give people a night to remember. He said…..
“Hey, really exciting news! Well exciting for me! I hope it’s exciting for you! Or at least provokes some sort of interest! I mean, just look how many exclamation marks there is in this quote! It’s definitely news with exciting intent! So what is this exciting news?
I’m doing my first ever tour! Never done one before. It’s gonna have masks in it! The Bear, Avid Merrion, Amanda Holden’s Gran, not her actual gran but me playing her. I’ll also be playing Keith Lemon; I look just like him! It’s me doing all the characters I do that hopefully have the intent to provoke hilarity! So many exclamation marks, and the word ‘intent’ and ‘provoke’ twice! I’m excited!
Come see ME being other people LIVE for the first time! It’ll be your first time and my first time! Hence the title of the tour MY FIRST TIME! (There’s another exclamation mark) how exciting!”
Leigh is best known for creating and starring in Channel 4’s sketch comedy show Bo’ Selecta! and as host of ITV shows Celebrity Juice and Through the Keyhole.
More recently he has been hosting his own unique chat show Shopping with Keith Lemon on ITV2 and hosted The Real Dirty Dancing on E4.
LEIGH FRANCIS and his band of merry characters and masks (old and new) get to Swansea Arena on Sunday 3rd March. For more details and to get yours, HERE.
