Funny man Dave Spikey is returning to Warrington next month to celebrate 30 years in comedy at the Parr Hall.
The Dave Spikey: Juggling on a Motorbike tour will look back on his remarkable life and incredible journey from working class kid to chief biomedical scientist to much-loved comedy performer and writer via Phoenix Nights, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Bullseye, The Royal Variety Show, Parkinson and many more.
The Dead Man Weds and Magnolia star reflects that maybe none of this would have happened, and that he would still be looking down his microscope today, if it wasn’t for the juggler on the motorbike, the original joke which kick-started his comedy career.
Dave had been working in the NHS for 19 years as a biomedical scientist when in 1987 someone uttered the immortal words: “You’re really funny, you should be a comedian.”
And for some reason he took them seriously!
Only a few months later he won the national talent show Stairway to the Stars, clinching the award with a routine about a juggler on a motorbike.
13 years later, on Friday 13 October 2000, he switched off his microscope for good and the following Monday found himself sitting on a rain-swept car park dressed as a giant berry wondering if he should have taken more notice of the omens to avoid what may have turned out to be a bit of a mistake.
As it turns out, it wasn’t, and now this year he celebrates the 30th anniversary of his comedy career.
Tickets are £17.50 for Friday 31 March at 7.30pm at Parr Hall, Palmyra Square South, WA1 1BL
For tickets and more information please call 01925 442345
