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'It's All About Tea' Music and Comedy Tour

• 18th Apr 2012

Norman Lovett (Red Dwarf) is joined by Chris Difford (Squeeze) for their 'It's All About Tea' music and comedy UK tour in May and June.

Norman Lovett is arguably best known for playing Holly in TV’s cult comedy Red Dwarf. Double Ivor Novello Award-winning Squeeze lyricist and enigma Chris Difford has brought us characters and sketches from every day life, turning the mundane into the beautiful, the urbane into the exquisite, for over 30 years.

The show featuring 'the odd couple' promises to be a must see master class of song writing and stand up and will also be showcased at this year's Edinburgh Festival.

Norman Lovett played the original Comedy Store many times and even supported the Clash, one of the personal highlights of his career. Television and radio followed a few years later, bringing with it the role for which he is best known, that of “Holly”, the ship’s computer in the BBC hit sitcom Red Dwarf. Norman played Holly throughout the shows' 1st & 2nd series, before returning at the end of series 7 & featuring throughout series 8.

After Red Dwarf, Norman had his own BBC2 sitcom called “I, Lovett”, in which he played an eccentric inventor (also called Norman) and appeared in Bill Bailey's sketch show, “Is It Bill Bailey?” He also appeared as Dr. Lovett in the short-lived sitcom “Asylum” which saw him work alongside comedians such as Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson & Julian Barratt.

His standup work has a quiet, almost dead-pan feel to it, which occasionally spills into surrealism. He considers himself to be a stand-up comedian that can act a bit and has yet to appear in a Pantomime

Chris Difford, along with his partner, collaborator, friend and Squeeze co-founder Glenn TilbrookChris has written some of the most enduring and best-loved songs of our time. Up The Junction, Cool For Cats and Labelled With Love, to name but a few.

Chris has 16 Squeeze albums, 3 critically acclaimed solo albums, countless top 20 hits, 32 American tours, 30 UK tours and a variety of global tours under his belt. He is one of the country’s most respected songwriters and has co-written with a host of musicians and performers that reads like a veritable who’s who of the industry – Elton John, Trilok Gurtu, Marti Pellow, Lamont Dozier, Willie Mitchell, Bryan Ferry, Jools Holland and many others, as well as collaborating with songwriting partner Glenn Tilbrook to write the successful 1984 musical, Labelled with Love. One of his most recent co-writes appears on the best selling Ollie Murs album, proving Difford’s classic yet contemporary touch.

It's All About Tea tour dates:

11 May 2012 Leatherhead mVee Music Nights
15 May 2012 Dartford Orchard Theatre
17 May 2012 Stirling Tolbooth Arts Centre
21 May 2012 Runcorn The Brindley
22 May 2012 Buxton Opera House
23 May 2012 Hartlepool Town Hall
25 May 2012 Solihull Arts Complex
26 May 2012 Borehamwood The Ark Theatre
27 May 2012 Putney The Half Moon
30 May 2012 Leamington Royal Spa Centre
31 May 2012 Bradford St George’s Hall
2 Jun 2012 Alnwick Playhouse
3 Jun 2012 Leeds City Varieties
5 Jun 2012 Bury St Edmonds Apex Theatre
6 Jun 2012 Aldershot West End Theatre
7 Jun 2012 Andover The Lights
8 Jun 2012 Swansea The Grand
9 Jun 2012 Newport The Riverfront