The Western-themed A Fistful Of Clary

Julian Clary has announced a major tour for 2024.

The comic – who was recently revealed as part of the next series line-up for Channel 4’s Taskmaster – will play 45 shows across the UK from April 10 to June 14.

It includes two nights at the London Palladium, where he will again be appearing in pantomime – for the eighth consecutive time – this year playing Seaman Smee in Peter Pan alongside Jennifer Saunders. 

His new tour is called A Fistful Of Clary and has a Wild West theme, with the ‘renowned homosexual’ billed as  ‘The Man With No Shame’.

‘Yes, it has a Western theme,’ Clary  says: ‘It was only a matter of time before I eased myself into some chaps.’

And the official blurb for the show is full of the innuendo fans would expect, reading: ‘Julian is sure that the men in the audience will be so eager to join his posse they won’t be able to keep their hands off his Rawhide. The lucky few will play with him on stage in the Hang ‘em Low saloon, where Wild Bill Hickok used to meet his special friend, Raving Clarence la Fruit. But life in the Old West was tough. Not all of Julian’s wild bunch will be around to witness the final shoot-out that will result in Julian giving himself selflessly at high noon to the last man standing. Who knows what else he’ll do for a few dollars more?’

Clary will appear on the 16th series of  Taskmaster. alongside Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins and Susan Wokoma.

He will also be playing Herod in a UK tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, this autumn, performing in Manchester, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Liverpool. 

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Published: 4 Jul 2023