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 |