TV & Showbiz

Keith Lemon comic Leigh Francis is going on tour for the first time – how to get tickets

Contains affiliate links.

Sophie Smith Sophie Smith - 22nd June 2023

Comedian Leigh Francis, the creator of characters including Keith Lemon and Avid Merrion, is heading on his first-ever live tour.

Leigh Francis: My First Time will be coming to stages across the UK next year, including a night at The Lowry in Salford.

The 18 date tour will see plenty of familiar characters brought to life from over the years, including Keith Lemon, Bear and Avid Merrion to ‘David Dickinson’, ‘Ant and Dec’ and Myrtle.

Naturally, Francis will be finishing the show where it all began, in his home city of Leeds, The Hoot reports.

The BAFTA award-winning comedian says: “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! 

ADVERTISEMENT

“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!

ADVERTISEMENT

“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 Francis 2024 tour dates

  • Wednesday 6 March 2024 – Forum, Bath
  • Thursday 7 March 2024 – G Live, Guildford
  • Friday 8 March 2024 – Pavilion Theatre, Bouremouth
  • Saturday 9 March 2024 – Palladium, London
  • Thursday 14 March 2024 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
  • Friday 15 March 2024 – City Hall, Sheffield
  • Saturday 16 March 2024 – Victoria Theatre, Halifax
  • Sunday 17 March 2024 – Lowry, Salford
  • Wednesday 20 March 2024 – Barbican, York
  • Thursday 21 March 2024 – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
  • Friday 22 March 2024 – City Hall, Hull
  • Saturday 23 March 2024 – St George’s Hall, Bradford
  • Sunday 24 March 2024 – Opera House, Buxton
  • Thursday 28 March 2024 – Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
  • Satuday 30 March 2024 – Philharmonic, Liverpool
  • Sunday 31 March 2024 – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
  • Saturday 6 April 2023 – Grand Theatre, Leeds
poster with tour dates on.

Read More

Tickets for Leigh Francis will go on sale on Friday 23 June 2023 on Ticketmaster and Gigs and Tours.

Feature Image – Supplied

TV & Showbiz

Manchester City reveal trailer for upcoming Together: 4-In-A-Row documentary

Danny Jones Danny Jones Manchester City four in a row documentary

Man City have revealed the first trailer for their new Together: 4-In-A-Row documentary, charting the course of their record-breaking four consecutive Premier League titles.

The follow-up to the Together: Treble Winners series, City‘s highly-anticipated documentary dropped earlier this year following their historic 2023/23 season, the movie will follow the same concept and relive the Manchester club’s latest unprecedented feat from 20/21 onwards.

While the previous TV outing was picked up by Netflix, the latest instalment is set to arrive at the end of this month exclusively on CITY+.

You can see the trailer for Together: 4-In-A-Row down below:

The new Man City documentary will feature exclusive interviews with manager extraordinaire, Pep Guardiola, Ballon d’Or winner and Champions League-winning goalscorer Rodri, club captain Kyle Walker and many more.

There will also be footage including soon-to-depart Director of Football, Txiki Begiristain, as well as the City Football Group’s Chief Executive Officer, Ferran Soriano.

Swapping the series format for a feature-length film this time, this is arguably CITY+‘s biggest release to date, with the content subscription service typically offering full match replays, youth academy coverage, as well as smaller documentaries and podcasts.

The streaming service (accessible via the website, Man City app and smart TVs) was only started back in 2024 but now four years later, rather fittingly, it’s set to document the most important years in the club’s history.

We’ve seen multiple Man City docs in recent years – their 2018 All Or Nothing Amazon Prime Video mini-series being the first – but the launch of the Together franchise back in April has helped put City Studios, on the map.

The in-house entertainment arm, first set up in 2022, has even more ambitious plans for the coming years, with a huge deal to create multiple big-budget productions in collaboration with Sony.

City Football Group strike landmark deal with Sony for series of TV shows
Fans are getting even more behind-the-scenes content soon.

Gavin Johnson, Media Director at CFG, said of the trailer reveal: “We’re delighted to announce the release of our latest offering in the ‘Together’ collection.

“Produced once again by our award-winning in-house production and creative hub, City Studios, the documentary film offers our fans a true insight into the team and how they achieved the historic four-in-a-row success.”

Set to be released at 6pm UK time on 20 November, Together: 4-In-A-Row will only be able to watch via the CITY+ platform.

So, if you’re a Blue who wants to relive the last four years of non-stop silverware, you can enjoy a 30-day free trial, after which CITY+ is just £4.99 a month. An annual subscription can be purchased for £34.99 a year or for £30 with an Official Cityzens membership/season ticket.

Read more:

For all the latest news, events and goings on in Greater Manchester, subscribe to The Manc newsletter HERE.

Featured Images — Manchester City

TV & Showbiz

Davina McCall asks fans to ‘say a prayer’ as she undergoes brain surgery

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson Davina McCall is undergoing surgery for a brain tumour. Credit: Instagram

Davina McCall has revealed she is undergoing surgery for a ‘quite big’ brain tumour.

The presenter and TV personality has shared a video on Instagram via her partner Michael Douglas updating fans on her diagnosis and asking them to ‘say a prayer’.

Davina, 57, said that the benign brain tumour was discovered during a health scan which she ‘thought she was going to ace’.

The 14mm colloid cyst tumour is rare, with only three in a million diagnoses, and ‘needs to come out because if it grows it would be bad’, she said in the pre-recorded video.

Michael shared the video to say that his partner would be ‘off grid’ while she recovers, adding: “She is in great shape and in very good hands.

“I’ll do the odd update from her account here for anyone interested. I’m sure she’ll read all the comments when she’s able to so feel free to send love. The support of people is amazingly powerful. Have a great day everyone. Michael xxx”

It’s expected that she will need to spend at least nine days in hospital following the surgery, a craniotomy that involves removing part of the skull to access the brain to take out the cyst.

Davina said in a video where she’s smiling bravely througout: “I’m handing the reins over to my surgeon, he knows what he’s doing and I’m going to do the getting better bit after. I’ll see you on the other side.”

Read more

Featured image: Instagram, @davinamccall

More TV & Showbiz

Gary Lineker leaving Match of the Day at the end of the season

News

BBC confirm Gary Lineker will leave Match of the Day at the end of the season

The I'm A Celebrity 2024 line-up has been revealed. Credit: ITV Plc

Trending

I’m A Celebrity 2024 line-up announced, with Coleen Rooney and Alan Halsall entering the jungle

Robbie Williams Manchester gig tickets Live 2025

Affiliate

Robbie Williams announces extra Manchester date next summer following ‘huge demand’

Audio

Clint Boon takes us around Manchester's iconic Deaf Institute

Eats

We go meatballs deep with Mira's traditional Neapolitan sandwiches