BAFTA-award winning comedian, Leigh Francis, is going on his first ever tour.

Joining Leigh will be his favourite characters, all brought to life in a live environment for the very first time ever. From Keith Lemon, Bear and Avid Merrion to ‘David Dickinson‘, ‘Ant and Dec‘ and Myrtle, this tour will be packed full of hilarious sketches with buckets of audience interaction.

Leigh will be performing 18 dates across the UK at locations including the London Palladium.

He said: “I’m doing my first ever tour!” Francis said, announcing the live dates. “Never done one before. It’s gonna have masks in it! The Bear, Avid Merrion, Amanda Holden’s Gran, not her actual gran but me playing her.

“I’ll also be playing Keith Lemon, I look just like him! It’s me doing all the characters I do that hopefully have the intent to provoke hilarity! So many exclamation marks, and the word ‘intent’ and ‘provoke’ twice! I’m excited!

“Come see ME being other people LIVE for the first time! It’ll be your first time and my first time! Hence the title of the tour MY FIRST TIME! (There’s another exclamation mark) how exciting!”

Leigh Francis’s tour dates

• Wednesday, March 6 – Bath, Forum

• Thursday, March 7 – Guildford, G Live

• Friday, March 8 – Bournemouth, Pavilion Theatre

• Saturday, March 9 – London, Palladium

• Thursday, March 14 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange

• Friday, March 15 – Sheffield, City Hall

• Saturday, March 16 – Halifax, Victoria Theatre

• Sunday, March 17 – Salford, The Lowry

• Wednesday, March 20 – York, Barbican

• Thursday, March 21 – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall

• Friday, March 22 – Hull, City Hall

• Saturday, March 23 – Bradford, St George’s Hall

• Sunday, March 24 – Buxton, Opera House

• Thursday, March 28 – Newcastle, Tyne Theatre

• Friday, March 29 – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall

• Saturday, March 30 – Liverpool, Philharmonic

• Sunday, March 31 – Birmingham, Symphony Hall

• Saturday, April 6 – Leeds, Grand Theatre & Opera House

Get tickets to see Leigh Francis

Tickets for the tour go on sale from 10am on Friday.

They are available to purchase here.

Special meet and greet packages are also available.