The Sound Of Mucus UK Tour
Count Arthur Strong UK Tour 2017
Using stories and other things that are secret, Count Arthur Strong, showbiz legend, pays tribute to one of the best musicals he can remember. Uniquely recreating the salient and poignant moments for your enjoyment. Plus something else. Don’t miss this amazing event.
Count Arthur Strong will be ably supported on stage by Terry Kilkelly as Malcom de Tinsell, from Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show! and Dave Plimmer, who features in Count Arthur Strong on BBC1, as Allan Leslie.
‘If you only buy one ticket for something this year buy a ticket for this one twice and bring a friend. I promise you, you won’t regret it. And if you do there must be something wrong with you. No refunds’.
To tie in with his largest tour to date, ‘Count Arthur Strong’s Command Performance’ live DVD and download will be released on the 17th February. A third series of the BAFTA nominated sitcom Count Arthur Strong is also planned to air on BBC1 in early 2017.
Count Arthur Strong brings you ‘The Sound of Mucus!’ at a theatre near you!
February
22 Gala Theatre Durham
23 Gala Theatre Durham
24 Harrogate Theatre
25 Harrogate Theatre
26 Nottingham Playhouse
March
1 The Savoy Theatre Monmouth
2 Lincoln Performing Arts Centre
3 Doncaster Cast
4 Ilkley Kings Hall
5 The Lowry Salford
8 Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
9 Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
10 The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield
11 William Aston Hall, Wrexham
12 Buxton Opera House
15 Palace Theatre Southend on Cliffs
16 The Alban Arena, St. Albans
17 Theatre Royal Winchester
18 The Winter Gardens, Margate
19 Richmond Theatre, London
22 The Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
23 New Theatre Oxford
24 Forum Theatre, Malvern
25 The Berry Theatre
26 Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
29 Swan Theatre, High Wycombe
30 Epsom Playhouse
31 Reading Arts (The Hexagon)
April
1 The Anvil, Basingstoke
2 Theatre Royal, Brighton
5 Whitby Pavilion Theatre
6 Playhouse Whitley Bay
7 Preston Charter Theatre
8 The Plaza, Stockport
9 Leeds Grand Theatre
25 Exeter Northcott Theatre
26 Swansea Grand Theatre
27 Wimborne Tivoli, Bournemouth
28 De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
29 Ipswich Corn Exchange
30 New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
May
3 Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
4 Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle
5 Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre
6 The Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
7 The Grand Theatre, Blackpool
10 Artrix, Bromsgrove
11 Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa
12 Lighthouse Theatre, Kettering
13 Curve Theatre, Leicester
14 The Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
17 Ilkley Kings Hall Ilkley
18 King George’s Hall, Blackburn
19 York Barbican
20 The Victoria Theatre, Halifax
21 The Theatre Royal, Norwich
24 New Victoria Theatre, Woking
25 Bedford Corn Exchange
26 The London Palladium
27 The Colosseum, Watford
28 The Royal & Derngate, Northampton (Derngate)
31 Shanklin Theatre, Isle of Wight
June
1 Pavilion Theatre, Worthing
2 Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
3 G Live, Guildford
4 Theatre Royal, Plymouth
7 The Playhouse, Weston-Super-Mare
8 The Palace Theatre, Redditch
9 The Hawth Theatre, Crawley
11 Derby Theatre Derby
14 King’s Lynn Corn Exchange
15 Corn Exchange, Newbury
16 Weymouth Pavilion
17 Taunton Brewhouse
18 Bristol Hippodrome
22 Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
23 Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tickets are on sale from www.countarthurstrong.com, www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk
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Steve Delaney – Count Arthur Strong Biography:
Cry with laughter, ache for oxygen and watch in awe’
– The Independent
‘Count Arthur could become one of the great British comic characters of our time’
– The Scotsman
Steve Delaney first created the character that would go on to become Count Arthur Strong whilst studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama in the 1980’s. In the 90’s he resurrected the character for an outing on the comedy circuit at the King’s Head, Crouch End and on the following day retired from acting to focus his career on Arthur.
Arthur’s first outing at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1997 saw Delaney win a commendation from the Perrier Panel and the character quickly attracted a cult following. In 2002 Count Arthur Strong returned to Edinburgh with Komedia Entertainment and then entered an intensive period of production, with five Edinburgh Fringe runs and eleven national tours. This ranged from 2002’s ‘Forgotten Egypt!’ to 2017’s ‘Sound of Mucus’ national tour.
In 2004 Count Arthur Strong stepped onto national radio. Firstly onto BBC Radio 2 as a regular guest on ‘The Mark Radcliffe Show’, and then onto BBC Radio 4 in his own sitcom, ‘Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show!’ The show, produced by Komedia Entertainment and Smooth Operations, won the Sony Award for Best Radio Comedy in 2009 and became a cornerstone of BBC Radio comedy, with 7 series and half a dozen specials, including a Christmas Day episode in recent years.
Over the years Count Arthur Strong has acquired a dedicated fan-base of fellow performers with Ross Noble, Johnny Vegas and Steve Coogan being vocal supporters in the early days. The likes of Jennifer Saunders, Martin Clunes and Paul Merton quickly followed suit with Paul McCartney and Billy Connolly recently adding their weight to the list of celebrity fans.
In 2008 Delaney started to develop the character for TV with Graham Linehan. In 2012 a sitcom titled ‘Count Arthur Strong’, produced by Retort TV and Komedia Entertainment, was broadcast on BBC2. The series was nominated for several British Comedy and BAFTA awards, including listing for Best Sitcom by both judging panels. The second series of the sitcom was produced in 2014 and transferred to BBC1. A third series of the sitcom is planned to air on BBC1 in 2017.
Quotes from last Count Arthur Strong tour – Somebody Up There Licks Me
‘Just get’s funnier and funnier’ – The Guardian
‘A relentless blast of comic surprises’ – The Times
‘…never needed to resort to toilet humour or swearing to maintain one and a half hours of pure hilarity’- Manchester Evening News
‘Delaney’s observation of Variety is superb’- The Scottish Herald
‘Delaney has the gift Tommy Cooper possessed and many covet’ – Liverpool Echo
‘An evening of inspired lunacy’ – Brighton Argus
‘His performance was flawless…’ – Bristol Post
‘…left me light headed with delight’ – The Guardian