Jimmy Cricket returned to Wisbech in East Anglia to headline a “spectacular Christmas variety show for the whole family”.
The famous Northern Irish comedian performed at The Tower Ballroom in the market town, having been asked back following several successful shows there in recent years.
Jimmy tweeted his thanks to a host of people, including the Nine Lives Theatre Company and Wisbech Council, for a “wonderful Christmas-themed show”.
Well-known comedian Jimmy Cricket and the cast of the music hall show with whom he has been touring had a couple of shows in the East Anglian region on consecutive days.
First, they visited the Corn Exchange Theatre in Ipswich and then went to King’s Lynn the following day.
After the Ipswich date the entire company travelled to a village called Long Sutton, which is near King’s Lynn, in preparation for the next day’s show.
On their arrival at Long Sutton, they all had a meal together at the nearby Ship Inn.
Above, Jimmy is shown with the cast, the producer of the show, Mark Andrews (of Mark Andrews Productions) and Katie, the waitress at the inn.
Jimmy said: “Katie was extremely hospitable and provided a great service for us.”
Top entertainer Jimmy Cricket has thrown his weight behind saving a local theatre.
The famous Irish comedian told Ipswich Star and East Anglian Daily Times journalist Wayne Savage he had sent an email in support of Felixstowe’s Spa Pavilion.
In an article which was published in both newspapers, Jimmy said: “I got an email saying there were two consortiums that wanted to take over but had been turned down by the council, but they were amalgamating and wanted to turn it into a community-type theatre to help young people develop their theatrical skills and for disabled people and would I get behind their pitch.
“I said with pleasure and emailed off an endorsement. It would be a crime to
demolish it.”
Jimmy was in the region last week when he performed at the Ipswich Corn
Exchange as part of The Good Old Days of Music Hall and Variety.
He was supported in the 8 May production by a company of singers and stars of TV and radio, including Shep’s Banjo Boys – who have played at the London Palladium – plus comedy and speciality acts.