Julian Clary in Dick Whittington

EVENT: Comedian and television star Julian Clary chats to Adam Yosef about rehearsals for his forthcoming pantomime appearance in Dick Whittington as the 'Spirit of the Bells'.
LOCATION: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre
DATE: Thursday 9th December, 2010

Dick Whittington is on at the Birmingham Hippodrome between Sat 18 Dec 2010 - Sun 30 Jan 2011. For more details or to book tickets, visit: http://www.dickwhittingtonpanto.co.uk 

Julian Clary in Dick Whittington

EVENT: Comedian and television star Julian Clary chats to Adam Yosef about rehearsals for his forthcoming pantomime appearance in Dick Whittington as the 'Spirit of the Bells'.
LOCATION: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre
DATE: Thursday 9th December, 2010

Dick Whittington is on at the Birmingham Hippodrome between Sat 18 Dec 2010 - Sun 30 Jan 2011. For more details or to book tickets, visit: http://www.dickwhittingtonpanto.co.uk 

Interview: Julian Clary

It could be said that bringing mince to Scotland is like taking Cheryl Cole to Newcastle. However, Julian Clary is confident that in touring his stand-up show, Lord of the Mince, here he will - to steal his own double entendre - experience a warm hand on his entrance.


 Julian Clary's Lord of the Mince debuted at last year's Edinburgh Fringe and the show has been touring ever since 

"The Scots have a well-developed appreciation of rough humour generally," he says. "In Glasgow as well as Edinburgh - I've always really loved performing there because Glaswegians are so extrovert; if they're enjoying themselves they don't hold back. The Scots tend to socialise in groups - groups of women in particular, out for a good time. I've done gigs there where the first half has been a bit quiet, and then in the interval they've all gone off to the car park to drink Bacardi, so the second half has been quite wild." He laughs. "I like that. Why should they pay bar prices?"

Lord of the Mince debuted at last year's Edinburgh Fringe and so pleased were his fans to see Clary back in stand-up mode after six years that it's been touring almost continually since, taking in Australia and New Zealand. It sounds gruelling, but softly spoken policeman's son Clary, as sparky as ever at 51, seems reinvigorated by the experience. "I love it, actually. I'd forgotten how satisfying touring is."


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Interview: Julian Clary

It could be said that bringing mince to Scotland is like taking Cheryl Cole to Newcastle. However, Julian Clary is confident that in touring his stand-up show, Lord of the Mince, here he will - to steal his own double entendre - experience a warm hand on his entrance.


 Julian Clary's Lord of the Mince debuted at last year's Edinburgh Fringe and the show has been touring ever since 

"The Scots have a well-developed appreciation of rough humour generally," he says. "In Glasgow as well as Edinburgh - I've always really loved performing there because Glaswegians are so extrovert; if they're enjoying themselves they don't hold back. The Scots tend to socialise in groups - groups of women in particular, out for a good time. I've done gigs there where the first half has been a bit quiet, and then in the interval they've all gone off to the car park to drink Bacardi, so the second half has been quite wild." He laughs. "I like that. Why should they pay bar prices?"

Lord of the Mince debuted at last year's Edinburgh Fringe and so pleased were his fans to see Clary back in stand-up mode after six years that it's been touring almost continually since, taking in Australia and New Zealand. It sounds gruelling, but softly spoken policeman's son Clary, as sparky as ever at 51, seems reinvigorated by the experience. "I love it, actually. I'd forgotten how satisfying touring is."


Read More - http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Interview-Julian-Clary-comedian.6619536.jp

Age has not withered the Lord of the Mince

COMEDIAN Julian Clary turned 50 this year, and couldn’t be happier: “I threw a big garden party and we had a fab time,” said the hugely popular comedian who appears at The Ironworks, Inverness, next Wednesday.

“I’m loving being 50,” he said. I’m a much happier person now. I get more content with every decade.”

Looking much younger than his age, Julian, who made a huge splash as a contestant on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing a couple of years ago, has parlayed his milestone birthday into a major theme in his new live show, Lord of the Mince.

“The title,” he said, “stems from the fact that I have done for mincing what Michael Flatley did for dancing.”

Like all the best stand-ups, he is able to pan through his own life and come up with comic gold.

Lord of the Mince is his first tour in years, and the Inverness show is one of only four Scottish dates.

He said: “At first, I thought: ‘Do I want to tour at my age? Will anyone turn up? Am I past it?’ But as soon as I got the show on the road, all those doubts evaporated. I’m having a lovely time.

“Now is definitely the right time to be playing live again.”

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