BRIAN CONLEY EMBARKS ON UK TOUR WITH NEW VARIETY SHOW ALIVE AND DANGEROUS

It was announced today (10th December) that one of Britain’s most celebrated comic-entertainers, BRIAN CONLEY, will embark on a 36-date UK tour with his brand-new variety show Alive and Dangerous in the New Year. Starting on the 4th February and running up until the 8th April, BRIAN will perform brand-new comedy, sketches and songs, alongside some of his best-known and loved retrospective material from the screen and onstage in the finest theatres around the country.

 

BRIAN CONLEY’S 40-year TV career has seen him win multiple awards including a National Television Award for Most Popular Television Performer; star in the British Comedy Award winning sitcom Time After Time (ITV); host the ‘most-watched light entertainment programme’ (The Sunday Times) The Brian Conley Show (ITV); present the Royal Variety Performance (ITV and BBC) an incredible five times and appear as a performer a further six times; star in the popular ITV sitcom, The Grimleys; be invited to perform for an invited audience of celebrity guests with ITV’s  An Audience With…, joining a list of stars including BILLY CONNOLLY, ELTON JOHN and DAME EDNA EVERAGE; present the BBC National Lottery game show, We’ve Got Your Number; host Sky Television’s quiz show Timeline and present BBC One’s brand-new programme, TV That Made Me, which journeyed through the world of television with guests including SANDI TOKSVIG, LINFORD CHRISTIE and GOK WAN this summer and has had a second series commissioned.

 

As well-known for his work on the stage, BRIAN debuted in musical theatre with the lead role in Me and My Girl, before going on to cement his reputation with the Olivier Award-winning Jolson at the Victoria Palace Theatre, where his performance of Al Jolson also saw him secure a personal Olivier Award nomination.  He went on to win a TMA Award for Best Musical Performance for his role in the What’s On Stage Award-winning Music Man; star in the acclaimed Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in the Olivier Award-winning Hairspray; and play Fagin in Oliver!  BRIAN has recorded three albums (one with the London Philharmonic Orchestra), starred in multiple films, was invited to be the ‘special guest’ on BOB HOPE’S last world tour and has appeared in over twenty of the UK’s biggest pantomime productions. Most recently, BRIAN starred in SIR CAMERON MACKINTOSH’S Barnum which toured the UK for a year and will be playing one of his favourite characters, Buttons, together with LESLEY JOSEPH as the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella over the Christmas period.

 

A full list of dates is available on the following page.

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What the press has said about BRIAN CONLEY live:

“The performance of the decade”

The Mail on Sunday

“It takes a star to play a star”

The Daily Express

 

For more information please contact: Victoria Wedderburn on 020 7598 7222 or email: [email protected]

 

2016 TOUR DATES

 

 

Date Day Venue Box office
FEBRUARY
04-Feb-16 Thu Norwich Playhouse 01603 612580
05-Feb-16 Fri Norwich Playhouse 01603 612580
06-Feb-16 Sat Norwich Playhouse 01603 612580
07-Feb-16 Sun Buxton Opera House 0845 127 2190
11-Feb-16 Thu Southend Cliffs Pavilion 01702 351135
12-Feb-16 Fri Hereford Courtyard Theatre 01432 340555
13-Feb-16 Sat Hayes Beck Theatre 020 8561 8371
14-Feb-16 Sun Worthing Pavilion 01903 206206
18-Feb-16 Thu Stafford Gatehouse 01785 619080
19-Feb-16 Fri Poole Lighthouse 0844 406 8666
20-Feb-16 Sat Curve Theatre Leicester 0116 242 3560
21-Feb-16 Sun Peterborough Cresset 01733 265705
22-Feb-16 Mon Nottingham Playhouse 0115 941 9419
25-Feb-16 Thu St Albans Alban Arena 01727 844488
26-Feb-16 Fri Leamington Spa, Royal Spa Centre 01926 334418
27-Feb-16 Sat Chelmsford Civic Theatre 01245 606505
28-Feb-16 Sun Richmond Theatre 0844 871 7651
MARCH
03-Mar-16 Thu Lancaster Grand Theatre 01524 64695
04-Mar-16 Fri Crewe Lyceum 01270 368242
05-Mar-16 Sat Skegness Embassy 0845 674 0505
06-Mar-16 Sun Salford The Lowry 0843 208 6000
10-Mar-16 Thu Lowther Pavilion 01253 794221
11-Mar-16 Fri Corby Cube 01536 470470
12-Mar-16 Sat Chatham Central Theatre 01634 338338
13-Mar-16 Sun Margate Winter Gardens 01843 292795
23-Mar-16 Wed Camberley Theatre 01276 707600
24-Mar-16 Thu Monmouth Savoy 01600 772467
25-Mar-16 Fri Portsmouth Theatre Royal 023 9264 9000
26-Mar-16 Sat Shanklin Theatre 01983 868000
27-Mar-16 Sun Babbacombe Theatre 01803 328385
31-Mar-16 Thu Dorking Hall 01306 881717
APRIL      
01-Apr-16 Fri Aldershot Princes Hall 01252 329155
02-Apr-16 Sat Shrewsbury Theatre Severn 01743 281281
03-Apr-16 Sun Broxbourne, The Spotlight 01992 441946
06-Apr-16 Wed Swindon Wyvern Theatre 01793 524 481
08-Apr-16 Fri Blackpool Viva Showroom 01253 297 297