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Will the recycling be put out on the right day?  Who is going to smooth over the top of the margarine?  How many lights are on upstairs when everybody is downstairs?

Watch Jon pretend that these aren’t his foremost concerns as he leaves home on his first tour since the last one.

Best known as a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Cats Countdown (Channel 4), host of Dave’s Ultimate Worrier, and upcoming sitcom Meet the Richardsons . As well as Would I Lie To You (BBC One), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC One), and Taskmaster (Dave).

Jon Richarson: The Knitwit has been rescheduled from Wednesday 12 April 2023 at 8pm to Sunday 28 May 2023 at 8pm.  Any previous seat selections have automatically been transferred to the new performance.

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Jon Richardson announces ‘Knitwit’ tour

Will the recycling be put out on the right day?  Who is going to smooth over the top of the margarine?  How many lights are on upstairs when everybody is downstairs?  Watch Jon Richardson pretend that these aren’t his foremost concerns as he leaves home on his first tour since the last one.

Jon Richardson is one of the UK’s finest live comedians and he is back this autumn with an all new stand-up tour –  The Knitwit . Be sure to catch him as he performs at some of the country’s top live venues, beginning at Chester Storyhouse on Tuesday 8 th September and ending at Warwick Arts Centre on Friday 11 th December. 

Tickets for The Knitwit go on general sale from 10am on Friday 14 th February from www.jonrichardsoncomedy.com . Full dates and venue listings are below.  More dates will be added over the coming months. 

Jon has risen to the top of the comedy rankings with his brilliantly sophisticated, fastidious humour. His last tour, the critically acclaimed Old Man, saw him tour the UK for 18 months between 2017 and 2018 and release his third best-selling comedy DVD. Jon has released two further DVD’s of his earlier sell-out tours Funny Magnet in 2012 and Nidiot in 2014.  

As one of the most in demand comedy acts on TV, Jon is best known as team captain on Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Cats Countdown as well as host of two series of Dave’s Ultimate Worrier. His other recent TV appearances include occasional host of The One Show (BBC),  Would I Lie To You (BBC One), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), Insert Name Here (BBC One), Hypothetical (Dave), Taskmaster (Dave), 2019’s The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C (Channel 4), Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC One), Jon Richardson’s Guide To The End Of The World (Channel 4), plus the upcoming Channel 4 series Kevin McCloud’s Rough Guide To The Future.  

Jon will soon be seen starring in brand new sitcom Meet The Richardsons alongside his wife and fellow stand-up Lucy Beaumont. Starring as exaggerated versions of themselves, the show will provide a funny fictional window in to their work and family life in Hebden Bridge. The six episode series begins on Dave on 28 th February. 

Also a successful author, Jon released ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’ in 2012, published by HarperCollins.

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Tuesday, 8 September 2020 Chester, Storyhouse 01244 409 113 www.storyhouse.com

Thursday, 10 September 2020 Bradford, St George’s Hall 01274 43 200   www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

Saturday, 12 September 2020 Wolverhampton, Grand Theatre 01902 429 212 www.grandtheatre.co.uk   

Sunday, 13 September 2020 Blackpool, Grand Theatre 01253 290 190 www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk

Thursday, 17 September 2020 Buxton, Opera House 01298 721 90 www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

Saturday, 19 September 2020 Douglas (Isle of Man), Gaiety Theatre 01624 600 555 www.villagaiety.com

Wednesday, 23 September 2020 Reading, Hexagon 01189 606 060 www.readingarts.com

Thursday, 24 September 2020 Stockport, Plaza 01614 777 779 www.stockportplaza.co.uk   

Saturday, 26 September 2020 Cambridge, Corn Exchange  01223 357 851 www.cambridgelive.org.uk/cornex

Sunday, 27 September 2020 Norwich, Theatre Royal 01603 630 000 www.norwichtheatre.org    

Friday, 2 October 2020 Brighton, Dome 01273 709 709 brightondome.org

Saturday, 3 October 2020 Northampton, Royal and Derngate 01604 624 811 www.royalandderngate.co.uk

Thursday, 8 October 2020 Harrogate, Royal Hall  01423 502 116 www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

Saturday, 10 October 2020 Aberdeen, His Majesty’s Theatre 01224 641 122 www.aberdeeninspired.com  

Sunday, 11 October 2020 Dundee, Caird Hall 01382 434 940 www.cairdhall.co.uk

Monday, 12 October 2020 Dunfermline, Alhambra 01383 740 384 www.alhambradunfermline.com  

Friday, 16 October 2020 Stoke-on-Trent, Regent Theatre 0844 871 7649 www.atgtickets.com/stoke

Saturday, 17 October 2020 Cheltenham, Centaur Centre 01242 539 538     www.cheltenham.co.uk   

Thursday 22 October 2020 Newcastle, 02, City Hall 08448 112 121 www.academymusicgroup   

Friday, 23 October 2020 Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre 024 7652 4524 www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

Saturday, 24 October 2020 Croydon, Fairfield Hall 020 8688 9291 www.fairfield.co.uk

Wednesday, 28 October 2020 Liverpool, Philharmonic Hall  0151 709 3789 www.liverpoolphil.com

Thursday, 29 October 2020 Blackburn, King George’s Hall 01254 582 579 www.kinggeorgeshall.com

Friday,  30 October 2020 Watford, Colosseum 01923 571 102 www.watfordcolosseum.co.uk  

Thursday, 26 November 2020 Halifax, Victoria Hall 01422 351 158 www.calderdale.gov.uk/victoria/index.jsp

Friday, 27 November 2020 Oxford, New Theatre 0844 871 3020 www.atgtickets.com/oxford

Saturday, 28 November 2020 Eastbourne, Congress Theatre 01323 412 000   www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk

Sunday, 29 November 2020 Southend, Cliffs Pavilion 01702 351 135 www.southendtheatres.org.uk

Tuesday, 1 December 2020 Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre  ON SALE SOON 01227 787 787 www.marlowetheatre.com

Friday, 4 December 2020 Nottingham, Royal Centre 01159 895 555 www.trch.co.uk

Sunday, 6 December 2020 Sheffield, City Hall 0114 278 9789 www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk

Friday, 11 December 2020 Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre 024 7652 4524 www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

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Jon Richardson: The Knitwit

Review of the comic's current stand-up tour

It has been more than three years since The Knitwit was announced, so Jon Richardson admires the admin skills of anyone who has still made it to the right theatre at the right time. This is a comic who values organisational nous.

Not that the first half necessarily feels like it’s been so long in the making, as he simply, if amusingly, recounts stunts you might already have seen him undertake on A League Of Their Own, such as facing Freddie Flintoff’s bowling or trying to score a conversion a Twickenham. He’s not, of course, a traditionally sporty guy, so it’s dependable fish-out-of-water stuff.

The showbiz anecdote nature of this section is spiced up with some uncharacteristically savage attacks on celebrities. It’s often for no real reason, playing up to the fact that ‘petty’ is a less attractive aspect of his pernicketiness. However, in Ant & Dec’s case, he has just cause in sniping at their greed in advertising a bank when they’re already super-wealthy.

Such flecks of grit stop the first half from being quite so cosy as his trademark cardigan, although it remains a largely gentle, soft-hitting affair, with only the memories of childhood PE lessons – and a special awakening – proving memorable

In the second half, domestic tensions prove a much richer seam, even if many fans will have already seen the fictionalised version of his marriage on TV. His wife, Lucy Beaumont , writes Dave’s fake reality show Meet The Richardsons, so this, perhaps, is his right to reply.

As his fastidiousness butts up against her more laissez-faire attitude, he wonders whether opposites really do attract. The Nespresso-style coffee machine is a particular flashpoint, as is giving their daughter a banana she won’t eat. Think of the food waste!

As he turns 40, he says his young daughter has provided an antidote to his buttoned-down tendencies. It’s hard to be too much of a stickler when you have a toddler, and his sign-off routine here has a focus on his bumhole that he admits he’d probably not have done without her.

It may not be the most sophisticated of subjects, but that it plays against his usually repressed ways – ‘anal’ in an entirely different way – gives it a boost. And he does nail the unedifying topic with precision and skill.

Richardson has such a well-defined persona of grouchy pedantry that even with this slight expansion of his comic horizons, The Knitwit can feel as safe as his risk-averse image.

But then a savvy bit of writing will cut through, such as the delightful image of him delving deeper into the digital channels late at night only to be confronted with a ‘ younger and less competent’ version of himself in ever-ageing repeats. He’s undoubtedly competent now, dependably, relateably funny… even if some of his grumbles would benefit from a little more bite.

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Review date: 17 Oct 2022 Reviewed by: Steve Bennett

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Meet the Richardsons sees the married standups play fictional versions of themselves – but that doesn’t mean reality doesn’t creep in from time to time

“W e don’t stay in posh hotels in London,” says Jon Richardson . In a posh hotel in London. “We’re not celebrities really, are we?” adds his wife, Lucy Beaumont. “We’re just us. We don’t really hang out in London and go to premieres.” She pauses. “Like the one we’re going to tonight.”

What’s this? Have I trapped Britain’s best-loved comedy couple in an instance of rank hypocrisy? Richardson and Beaumont, for those unfamiliar, are standup comics (and in Richardson’s case, panel show royalty as an ex-team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats) who also co-host Channel 4’s Jon & Lucy’s Odd Couples, casting judgment on other celeb relationships from their lofty celeb-relationship pinnacle. They are also stars of the hit mockumentary Meet the Richardsons , which chronicles their married life – or a fictional version thereof.

That show majors in the tension between their fame and their glamour-free domestic life – and it’s the VIP launch of its new series that justifies all this current London luxury, albeit for one day only. If the show is to be believed, they’ll soon be back in the north of England squabbling, being parents, being neighbours and trying to catch a break in the rough and tough entertainment world. But is the show to be believed? “None of it is real,” says Beaumont. “But we enjoy making it seem as if it is.” Another pause. “But then some things are.”

The series started life when its producer saw Jon and Lucy grumbling at each other on a TV show called Married to a Celebrity. He proposed a mockumentary following the couple around at a particular moment in their shared lives. “We lived in a little village in West Yorkshire in the middle of nowhere,” says Beaumont. “Neither of us worked much. I was getting back into things after having a daughter, and you [Jon] were doing bits. But we were cut off. And we were hanging out with our neighbours.”

Those neighbours were cast in the show alongside Beaumont’s larger-than-life mum (the playwright Gill Adams), and a roster of celeb pals (Rob Beckett, Johnny Vegas, David Tennant) appearing as themselves, while Jon and Lucy made hapless efforts to rebuild their TV careers. What has emerged over four series is a show that’s carved out its own comic niche in the same ballpark as Curb Your Enthusiasm but with added talking heads, droll cutaways and moments of “unadulterated documentary”, says Richardson, amid the semi-scripted larks. Most importantly, it’s “a high gag-rate comedy show”, he says, and when he’s filming, “if I can see the crew aren’t laughing, it’s not in the show. They should be laughing.”

Beaumont agrees: “I was getting annoyed with comedy-drama. I felt like sitcom needed to get back to making people laugh every three lines.” It is Beaumont – also the co-creator of the recent Channel 4 comedy Hullraisers about her home town – who writes the show, alongside Peter Kay’s Car Share co-creator Tim Reid.

Richardson’s role, he tells me, “is to be humiliated and look embarrassed”. Meet the Richardsons provides him with ample opportunity, as he bursts into flames at a children’s party while dressed as a monkey, or – in the new series – disappoints his comedy hero, Ben Elton. Is it right to assume his haplessness and Beaumont’s career anxiety are all exaggerated for comic effect (she has, after all, been nominated for a Bafta for her performance)? “That’s Lucy’s skill as a writer,” says Richardson. “To understand that sitcom is driven by a need. If we’re successful and happy and calm, you lose that fundamental element of comedy.”

That said, “we went to Center Parcs recently,” says Beaumont, “and a lady in the toilet said to me: ‘Isn’t it nice that your husband’s let you be on telly with him?’ And you’re just like: ‘OK, I can now go away and write a scene.’” Even in real life, she says, “I very much still feel like the jealous wife who’s hungry for a career.”

But she also feels – much to the consternation of the show’s publicist, within earshot – that Meet the Richardsons is becoming too career-focused. “The new series is too work-based,” she says. “It’s my least favourite.”

“You liked it in series one,” shoots back Richardson, “and you haven’t liked it since.”

“We’re missing a bit of dock pudding,” says Beaumont – referring to the show’s second episode, when the duo judged the (real, not fictional) World Dock Pudding cookery competition in Hebden Bridge. “I was like: this is exactly what I want to be making,” says Beaumont. “I like it less when the show recreates a celebrity thing we’ve been to – I like it when we’re interacting with real people.”

Watching the show, you can’t help but wonder how it affects the couple’s real-life relationship, and whether there might be aspects of their private life they’d prefer to keep behind closed doors. Richardson says not really. “In series four, I shit myself in the car. So it’s difficult to know what I would veto.”

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For Beaumont, it’s not an issue – because their lives in Meet the Richardsons are separate from the private reality. (Their TV house is not their real house. Their TV daughter is an actor.) Not that their fans see it that way. “Because we’re playing ourselves,” says Beaumont, “I do think people come up to us more [in public] and assume they know us. Definitely.”

That’s not a bad thing, she says – and Richardson too can see upsides to their unusual televised lives. “Every couple argues,” he says, “but we have an end product for our arguments. We hone them then put them on TV. And then it’s like: ‘Oh, perhaps we weren’t arguing – perhaps we were just working on a routine.’”

Are they concerned about becoming more famous as a couple than as individuals? “As long as I can do standup, which is such a pure selfish moment, I don’t mind,” says Richardson, now celebrating 20 years as one of the UK’s finest comic curmudgeons. “As long as I can tour, and that’s just my voice – well, that’s such a privilege.” Beaumont, too, nominated best newcomer at the Edinburgh fringe back in 2014 , is embarking on a standup tour. Its title, The Trouble and Strife, suggests no great desire to slough off the Richardsons connection.

This first foray into standup in a decade has raised old demons for Beaumont, which her new career as a successful TV writer has yet to slay. “I know now,” she says, “that what put me off standup was the horrific misogyny that I suffered.” Only a decade ago, she says, promoters still didn’t want to book female comics; comperes introduced them with an apology and “you’d get on stage and the audience would instantly look embarrassed before you said anything. Or they would use you as the time to go to the toilet.”

It led to her convincing herself “that I don’t belong here, I’m not good enough, I’m not funny”. Four series of a hit TV show later, she says, “I still have all that in my head whenever I do anything. And it’s really frustrating that men don’t. So my thing with the new tour is I just want to make it” – like Meet the Richardsons before it – “the funniest thing it can be.”

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Much-loved comedian jon richardson is bringing his ‘knitwit’ tour to swansea this october will the recycling be put out on the right day who is going to smooth over the top of the margarine how many lights are on upstairs when everybody is downstairs watch jon pretend that these aren't his foremost concerns as he leaves home on his first tour since the last one..

Much-loved comedian Jon Richardson is bringing his ‘Knitwit’ tour to Swansea this October!

Will the recycling be put out on the right day?  Who is going to smooth over the top of the margarine? How many lights are on upstairs when everybody is downstairs?  

Watch Jon pretend that these aren't his foremost concerns as he leaves home on his first tour since the last one.

Best known as a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), host of Dave’s Ultimate Worrier , and upcoming sitcom Meet the Richardsons . As well as Would I Lie To You (BBC One), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC One), and Taskmaster (Dave).

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Jon Richardson

One of the most individual, accomplished and hilarious stand-ups, Jon is best known as the team captain on Channel 4’s Cats Does Countdown, as well as the host of his critically acclaimed show Ultimate Worrier, which sees Jon address anything and everything that worries him. Jon also starred in the sitcom Meet The Richardsons, written by Lucy Beaumont and Tim Reid, which received record breaking figures for DAVE across the series.

Constantly in demand for TV and radio, Jon’s most recent TV credits include co-hosting The One Show, as well as appearances on Have I Got News For You, Live At The Apollo, Would I Lie To You? and Taskmaster. Jon can also be heard on his new podcast Jon Richardson And The Futurenauts, where Jon takes Mark Stevenson and Ed Gillespie through his daily worries, from food to climate change.

Jon is set to return to the road with his brand-new show The Knitwit – tickets and tour date information are available here .

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One of the most individual, accomplished and hilarious stand-ups, Jon is best known as the team captain on Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Jon also stars in the sitcom Meet the Richardsons, written by Lucy Beaumont and Tim Reid, which received record breaking figures for Dave across the series.

Constantly in demand for TV and radio, Jon’s most recent TV credits include hosting Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson, as well as appearances on Have I Got News for You, The One Show, Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to You? and Taskmaster.

Jon can also be heard on his regular podcast Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts, where Jon takes Mark Stevenson and Ed Gillespie through his daily worries, from food to climate change. He can also be heard co-hosting the Comedians Playing Fantasy Premier League podcast, alongside Matt Forde, where they sometimes discuss the football.

Jon is set to return to the road in autumn 2022 with his brand-new show The Knitwit.

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Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont to divorce after nine years of marriage

C omedy couple Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont are divorcing after nine years of marriage, they have announced in a joint statement.

The couple have starred in Meet The Richardsons, in which they play “exaggerated versions of themselves”, since 2020.

The “at home mockumentary” series returned to Dave’s UKTV on April 8 for its fifth series.

A statement to the PA news agency said: “After nine years of marriage, we would like to announce that we have separated.

“We have jointly and amicably made the difficult decision to divorce and go our separate ways.

“As our only priority is managing this difficult transition for our daughter, we would ask that our privacy is respected at this sensitive time to protect her well-being.

“We will be making no further comment.”

Actress and stand-up comedian Beaumont was nominated for a Bafta TV award in the female performance in a comedy programme category in 2023 for Meet The Richardsons.

The couple also entertained viewers together when they starred on Celebrity Gogglebox.

During her career, Beaumont has featured on a number of comedy panel shows including Would I Lie To You?, The Last Leg and Have I Got News For You.

Richardson is also known for his appearances on panel shows and was previously a team captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats.

In 2018 he launched the panel show Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier, which ran on Dave for two series, and he has previously co-hosted with Russell Howard on BBC Radio 6 Music.

The couple share one daughter, whom they welcomed in 2016.

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Mockumentary stars announce ‘amicable but difficult decision to go our separate ways after nine years of marriage’

The stand-up comedian couple Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont have announced that they are divorcing after nine years of marriage.

The pair, who have starred in their at-home mockumentary Meet the Richardsons since 2020, described their split as “amicable” in a joint statement.

They said: “After nine years of marriage, we would like to announce that we have separated.

“We have jointly and amicably made the difficult decision to divorce and go our separate ways.

“As our only priority is managing this difficult transition for our daughter, we would ask that our privacy is respected at this sensitive time to protect her well-being. We will be making no further comment.”

The couple have one seven-year-old daughter, Elsie Louise, who was born in 2016.

They began dating in 2013 after meeting through fellow comedian Roisin Conaty , before they married in April 2015.

In their comedy show, they play “exaggerated versions of themselves” as they deliver a window into their home and work lives. It returned to UKTV’s Dave on April 8 for its fifth series.

Beaumont , who is an actress as well as a stand-up comedian, was nominated for a Bafta TV award for the show in 2023 for the female performance in a comedy programme category.

‘Fighting is not real’

She explained last year that viewers of the show do not “seem to realise that their fighting is not real”.

“I don’t henpeck – we wouldn’t have lasted this long if I was as mean to him in real life. You don’t want to see a smug couple in love, in a nice house, with a stable career and a lovely little child. Who wants to see that?”

She added: “The world we’ve got around us is slightly bizarre but I think people still feel like they recognise themselves in it, which is good.”

The comedian also described Meet the Richardsons as “an excuse for us to channel tensions into comedy” but that the laughter helps the audience “realise it’s all nonsense”.

During her career, the 40-year-old has featured on a number of comedy panel shows, including Have I Got News for You , Would I Lie to You? and The Last Leg.

Richardson , 41, is also known for his appearances on panel shows and was previously a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats.

In 2018 he launched the panel show Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier, which ran on Dave for two series, and he has previously co-hosted with Russell Howard on BBC Radio 6 Music.

The couple also entertained viewers together when they starred on Celebrity Gogglebox.

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Their TV comedy Meet the Richardsons based on their real-life marriage has brought them legions of fans and awards but, just days after its fifth season debut, its stars Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont have announced they are to divorce.

In a statement shared on social media , they announced the split:

“We have jointly and amicably made the difficult decision to divorce and go our separate ways.

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Olly Murs reveals ‘intense plan’ to make a mad dash to his baby’s birth while touring

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Things really are on the Up for Olly Murs as the singer and his heavily pregnant wife, Amelia, prepare to welcome their first child into the world . Here, Murs, 39, tells us about impending fatherhood, the prospect of turning 40 and hitting the road with Take That.

Just to warn you, I am in a bit of pain. I went paintballing for my brother’s stag do and I’m covered in bruises.

It’s horrible, because the more you scream, the more people hit you.

What were you put through on your stag ?

I went to Croatia , to a place called Hvar. The guys had me wearing all sorts of outfits [including] a stag shirt with different things you had to do as challenges, from getting a girl to put makeup on you, to kissing a bald head. The last one was to drink a pint out of a stranger’s sock… quite disgusting, actually.

You’re about to go on tour with Take That. Did your heart skip a beat when they asked you to join them?

It was funny because Gary [Barlow] emailed me and said, “Olly, I’ve been told there’s this idea of us going on tour together next year, that you’d come on and be a special guest. Is that true?” I said, “Yeah.” He goes, “But you did an arena tour last year – I’m confused.” I went, “Gary, I would be honoured to be on tour with you guys, I see this as a bucket-list thing.” 

They’re such iconic artists, and a band that I grew up listening to. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with Gary. I’ve been friends with Robbie [Williams] as well, who was obviously part of Take That. Mark [Owen], I did Soccer Aid with a few times, and Howard [Donald] is great, I see him at Manchester United. It just comes at a really good time, perfect to be a part of it.

Do you have a favourite Take That song?

When I did X Factor in 2009, I waited at the O2 all day… got in front of the guy, the producer, and he asked me, “What song are you going to sing?” I said, “Paolo Nutini’s New Shoes.” He went, “If I have to hear Paolo’s New Shoes, Kings of Leon, or Bridge Over f***ing Troubled Water again, I’m going to lose my head. Can you sing another song?” 

I sung [Stevie Wonder’s] Superstition, got a yes. When I finished, he said, “Look, piece of advice, in your next audition [in front of the judges], sing that song and a Take That song, and you’ll be fine.” So, I did a song called Up All Night, that was my backup… I’ve never told anyone that before.

What is the most memorable thing that’s happened to you on the road?

When I toured America with One Direction. That is probably something that I’ll never experience again. We had thousands of fans following buses, running down the street after cars, and then realising it was me and not Niall Horan [laughs]. You got girls going through garbage trucks, bins at hotels, and we had top-end security at every hotel we went to… we’re turning up at Universal Studios, Florida, and it’s all closed down, just for me and 1D to go round and use the rides. That level of madness. Even I felt like an international superstar for five minutes.

Congratulations on soon becoming a dad . In terms of the logistics of touring, I’m assuming you have a plan of action for when the baby is born…

There’s quite an intense plan in place, which has been a stress, I think, for my tour manager and management team. What will be, will be… when it comes, it comes, whether it’s in the middle of a show, or not. We planned this tour way before the baby was a thought, so now’s it’s here, it’s happening. You know in Home Alone, when they’re running through the airport, that music, that

chaos? That is me. That’s what I’ll be like, heading back from wherever in the country to the birth of my baby.

What are you looking forward to about being a father? Anything you’re not prepared for?

That, at some point, your child is going to hate you. That scares me a bit. But also, I understand that, because at some point there’s times when I hated my parents. Not hate as in a real dark kinda hate. It’s more, you have to be the bad guy sometimes… trying to be a dad and a best friend, if I can find that balance, that will be great.

It’ll be when they’re going through their (ahem) Troublemaker phase… will you be going down the celebrity baby name route, with something inspired by fruit or vegetables? No one’s christened their kid Broccoli yet, so that’s up for grabs.

[Laughs]. Well, listen, me and Amelia love our greens, so that’s possible! No, we’ve not gone down that route… we’ve really thought about, you know, from nicknames, to what they might be called at school, and what they might think at 18, 19, 20. We’ve got some really beautiful, amazing names. You’ll have to wait and see.

What are your music plans? Can we expect a follow-up to your 2022 album Marry Me in the foreseeable future?

Now, the most important thing in my life is Amelia, who’s pregnant, and the second most important thing is that the baby comes safe, and then after that being a dad… I love the music and I’ll continue to do it, but when I’m doing an album, I need to be in it. At the moment, I’d say I’m not really in it. For example, if I just turn this camera round [turns the camera to show a baby’s cot], that’s what I’m in: cots. That’s what we’re up to these days.

You also turn 40 next month (May 14). How do you feel about growing older? I’m 38 and I’ve started investing in all the retinols to hold back Father Time.

I mean, 40, 40s, you start seeing things. The grey hairs start to come through, your nostril hairs, ear hairs… you’re having to trim areas of your body you didn’t think you’d have to [laughs]. Them sort of things are a bit worrying, but I’m embracing it. I’ve always – the last three or four years – put my body first, my health first, training well, eating well… you reap the benefits of that.

Can you remember a standout encounter you’ve had with a fan?

I’ve had so many beautiful moments. Some really sad moments as well. I was with a woman recently, her son [died by] suicide. We were at a retreat in Essex, and this lovely lady came in and sat with me in a sauna… 

I said, “What brings you here?” She said, “Oh, I’m here because my son [died by] suicide a few years ago. I’m just here to sort of rebuild me life.” We just had a chat about suicide and chatted about people that we’d lost. 

Obviously, I spoke about Caroline [Flack], and what I went through, my own personal experience… I don’t know how she felt, but it was like she needed to talk to me, and I said to her, “The most important thing is that you talk about it, the fact that me and you, two strangers that met today in a [sauna], pretty much in our swim gear, sweating” – it was one of them really funny conversations where at the end we were laughing, “We need to get out,” because we were both absolutely [dripping with] sweat!

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Olly Murs is the special guest on Take That’s This Life tour, which continues this week at the First Direct Arena, in Leeds, on Wednesday (April 17), Thursday (April 18), Friday (April 19) and Saturday (April 20). For more information visit ollymurs.com

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‘The Wiz’ Review: In a New Broadway Revival, Dorothy and Friends Get Lost in a Hypercolor Whirligig

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A flight of imagination born of the trippy 1970s, “ The Wiz ” can shoulder a lot of interpretation. Sidney Lumet’s shadowy film, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, sets the Black spin on L. Frank Baum’s children’s story “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” in a blighted, nearly bombed-out New York City. High schools and community theaters have surely long made do with their prop closets, as the musical by William F. Brown (book) and Charlie Smalls (music and lyrics) is a vibes-based vehicle for a familiar plot and foolproof hits like “Home” and “You Can’t Win.”

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But that opportunity for connection swiftly gets swept away in the one-way twister to Oz, where a hypercolor surge of stimulation competes for audience attention. Excess is the defining trait of a fantastical realm otherwise lacking a unified look: storybook scenery (by “Black Panther” designer Hannah Beachler) contrasts with uncanny projections (by Daniel Brodie) that resemble Roku City crossed with Middle Earth; costumes (by Sheren Davis) burst with embellishments in yellow, orange, turquoise and pink. The already itinerant plot feels all the more disjointed when each scene appears to take place in a different CGI-augmented world. 

Part of the problem may be technical; it is often difficult to hear Smalls’ lyrics over the orchestra’s wall of sound except when the actors are belting over it. That includes Deborah Cox, whose instrument is unmistakable but overpowered in her first appearance as Glinda. Lewis, who has an appealing, delicate voice and a modest presence, comes to feel like a background player in her own adventure (perhaps ditching Toto from the script doesn’t help). Among the principals, Richardson is a standout with his liquid, riffy take on “What Would I Do if I Could Feel” and joint-swiveling way with JaQuel Knight’s invigorating choreography.

Hip-hop moves provide the production’s most electrifying moments, particularly in “The Emerald City” sequence, which also includes soulful steps in the spirit of the ‘70s source material. As the title character, figured here as a suave charmer, Wayne Brady also demonstrates an impressive, hip-popping dexterity.

Revisions to the book, by comedian Amber Ruffin , elaborate the backstories of Dorothy’s friends, though trying to make more sense of the head-scratching plot is probably futile. Sustained attempts at updated humor are intermittently successful; they ask for a degree of knowing side-eye from a production that is unwaveringly earnest and cheerful. Even the arrival of the Poppies, a transparent metaphor for vice, is oddly staged on a set of cubby shelves that appear lifted from a school classroom.

Without the dark, threatening corners, this Oz comes across more like a playground than a coming-of-age purgatory (the last wicked witch standing, Betts’ Evillene, registers as mildly menacing and is defeated with a small splash). Why does this Dorothy want to go home and what has she learned? If she was looking for somewhere to belong, she seems to have found just the place. But maybe her senses could use a break.

Marquis Theater; 1,612 seats; top non-premium $199.50. Opened April 17, 2024; reviewed April 13. Running time: 2 HOURS 30 MIN.

• Production: A presentation by Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, Kandi Burruss & Todd Tucker, Elizabeth Armstrong, James L. Nederlander, HudsonMann, Cody Lassen / Matthew D'Arrigo, Independent Presenters Network, Amanda Dubois / The Seed Group, Dori Berinstein, The Jaquel Knight Foundation, Spencer Ross / Stephanie Cowan, Terry Schnuck / Gabrielle Palitz, Pippa Lambert / Alissa Norby, Gina Vernaci, Common, DECO Entertainment, MC Lyte, Patty Baker, Marlene & Gary Cohen, Concord Theatricals, Creative Partners Productions, The Fabulous Invalid, Fakston Productions, Brian & Nick Ginsberg, Gabrielle Glore, Grove Entertainment, Haffner-Wright Theatricals, House Woods Productions, Interscope & Immersive Records, John Gore Organization, Yasuhiro Kawana, Willette and Manny Klausner, MMC Productions, Lamar Richardson, Runyonland Productions, Erica Lynn Schwartz, The Shubert Organization (Robert E. Wankel: Chairman and CEO; Elliot Greene: Chief Operating Officer; Charles Flateman: Executive Vice President), Lu-Shawn Thompson, Lana Williams-Woods, The Araca Group, Blakeman-Robinson Entm't / Ricardo Marques, Robert Tichio / Score 3 Partners, Best Yet Entertainment / Branden Grimmett, Dkim Caldwell / Mickalene Thomas, DMQR Productions / Jason Turchin, Epic Theatricals / Jeffrey Grove, Joel Glassman / Westin Hicks, Jamrock Productions / Sonya Houston Productions, Sally Johnston / Ann Scott, Judith Manocherian / Theatre Nerd Productions, Alan Seales / Gonzalez-Leiba Jr. and Ambassador Theatre Group of a musical in two acts with book by William F. Brown, music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, based on "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, with additional material by Amber Ruffin, featuring songs by Luther Vandross and Timothy Graphenreed. 
• Crew: Directed by Schele Williams; Choreographed by JaQuel Knight; Scenic Design by Hannah Beachler; Costume Design by Sharen Davis; Lighting Design by Ryan J. O'Gara; Sound Design by Jon Weston; Video Design by Daniel Brodie; Projection Design by Daniel Brodie; Hair and Wig Design by Charles LaPointe; Make-Up Design by Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche; Music orchestrated by Joseph Joubert; Music arranged by Joseph Joubert and Allen René Louis; Production Stage Manager: Ralph Stan Lee; Stage Manager: Heather Hogan.
• Cast: Wayne Brady, Nichelle Lewis, Melody A. Betts, Deborah Cox, Kyle Ramar Freeman, Phillip Johnson Richardson, Avery Wilson, Maya Bowles, Shayla Alayre Caldwell, Jay Copeland, Allyson Kaye Daniel, Judith Franklin, Collin Heyward, Amber Jackson, Olivia "Melo. J" Jackson, Christina Jones, Polanco Jones, Jr., Kolby Kindle, Kareem Marsh, Anthony Murphy, Cristina Raé, Avilon Trust Tate, Keenan D. Washington, Lauryn Adams, Michael Samarie George, Mariah Lyttle, Dustin Praylow, Matthew Sims Jr. and Timothy Wilson.

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