Theatre


The world’s biggest chav! Lee Nelson – Serious Joker Tour, Hazlitt Theatre


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t is a litle known fact that Lee Nelson only has three Twiter followers. One is the Dalai Lama, another is for Lee’s


tour dates and the remaining account is for an alter ego character, England international footballer, Jason Bent. But then, Lee isn’t Lee. He is actor, comedian


and prankster Simon Brodkin, who has quietly gained a reputation as a cult comic, albeit at the slightly advanced age of 41. Although he’s well thought of in the comedy


fraternity, he has yet to find that one vehicle to make him a household name. Brodkin studied medicine at the University of Manchester, graduating in 2001 and working in local hospitals for six years before quiting to become a stand-up. Clearly, he is no idiot. He has writen for ‘pub landlord’ Al Murray, has performed alongside


Aleksandar Djermanović, Assembly Halls


Four years ago, a prodigious young talent stepped in to help out the Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra on the day of a concert to play Chopin’s piano concerto number one when the soloist fell ill. Tis time round, Aleksandar


Djermanović has been given plenty of notice to return to Tunbridge Wells to play Brahms’ mighty piano concerto number one under the baton of Neil Tomson. Aleksandar is a pianist currently on his


doctoral studies at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad (Serbia) under the mentorship of Dr Dorian Leljak, and on a postgraduate course at the Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg studying with Jacques Rouvier.


He has performed throughout Europe in


venues such as Rachmaninoff Hall (Moscow) and in London at the Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, the Royal Albert Hall, Steinway Hall, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Purcell Room, Cadogan Hall and Southbank. Te Crescent Road theatre will give this young


soloist a rousing welcome, not least because students and under 18s get in for a quid!


Assembly Halls, Tunbridge Wells, February 3, 2019. Prices range from £22 while under 18s pay £1. Go to www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk


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An Evening With The Hairy Bikers, Marlowe Theatre


Whether or not you care for this pair, there is little doubt that they have struck upon a recipe which seems to work in the crowded market of TV chefs, their programmes, books and franchises. The Hairy Bikers, also known as


Simon King and David Myers, are at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury on March 23.


The once scruffy and over-weight


middle-aged duo shed some fat, and they were able to create four diet book success stories, one of which, The Hairy Dieters: How To Love Food and Lose Weight, topped the charts. Unlike most TV chefs, the Hairy Bikers


had no formal training in cooking but were both film industry professionals. They met on set of a TV drama in


the early 1990s before launching their career as a down-to-earth cookery duo


on motorcycles. Some were quite sniffy about their chances of success but they, ultimately, proved everyone wrong. Here they bring their appeal and


likeability for a two hour stage version of their small screen with an evening of cookery and conversation.


Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, March 23, 2019. For ticket prices (which vary) call the box office on 01227 787787 or click onto www.marlowe theatre.com.


some big names and famously pranked his way into a pre-White House Donald Trump’s Scotish golf course to roll swastika logo balls across the green during a press conference. In 2017, during Prime Minister Teresa


May’s disastrous conference speech, he (as Nelson) invaded her stage space briefly to hand over a fake P45. “Boris asked me to give you this,” he said


and, before being thrown out of the venue, he wandered over to Boris Johnson, then Foreign


Secretary, to give him a thumbs-up. It was a lowlight for the premier, a highlight for the comic.


Lee Nelson, the thoroughly self-unaware but


ultimate chav, is on stage for a single night at the Hazlit and as part of a marathon tour of the UK spanning 170 dates. Perhaps not one to miss.


Hazlitt Theatre, Earl Street, Maidstone, February 6. Tickets £21.50. Visit www. parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/Hazlitt-Theatre


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