Death becomes her

ACID-TONGUED BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT SEMI-FINALIST MYRA DUBOIS IS BRINGING FORWARD HER OWN FUNERAL IN THE SHOW DEAD FUNNY NEXT MONTH

The past 18 months have been about anything but banana bread and Netflix for you, Myra. Britain’s Got Talent, a feature film (Everyone’s Talking About Jamie), a West End show (Death Drop) and now a UK tour. How have you managed to go from strength to strength when the rest of us are still struggling with Zoom?

I had no choice I’m afraid. It would have been very selfish of me to curl up under my duvet right when the country – nay, the world – needed me the most. I did what I had to and put myself in the limelight, for the good of others.

How does it feel to be getting out on the road after lockdown?

Like liberation! The hardest thing about the lockdowns is that they kept me from my public. I can’t wait for us to be reunited. I’m especially looking forward to meeting the

AdMyras that have yet to see me live! There are some people out there who’ve only seen me on television, or during one of my popular live-streams. Life is about to change for them, experiencing the Magic of Myra, live and in person!

What can audiences expect from your show? Are you really throwing your own funeral?

I am, yes. Odd choice for a show, I grant you but put it

this way; we should tell people how much we love them whilst we still have the chance, shouldn’t we? And here’s your chance, dear reader, to tell me what you think of me. And who knows, maybe I’ll get to tell the audience what I think of them…

And for those who only know you from Britain’s Got Talent – what can the new AdMyras expect when they see you in the flesh?

One of the unique voices of this and any other generation. I shall be singing a couple of songs penned by Richard Thomas (of Jerry Springer The Opera fame) and when Richard first heard me sing these songs do you know what he said? He said he didn’t know it was possible for a human to make that noise. Has to be heard to be believed.

Your brother-in-law is your support act on this tour – have you worked with him before? Are you looking forward to it?

You had to remind me, didn’t you? I’m afraid it’s true, Yorkshire’s premier misogyny apologist and “comedian” Frank Lavender will be supporting me on this tour, telling his little jokes and god, I hope not, but perhaps even singing his little songs. He’s a ghost of a breed of comedian long thought dead. “But why, Myra?” I hear you cry, “Why book this woefully unfunny man to support you on your tour”. I’ll admit it, there just might be the teeniest tiniest ulterior motive. Just think how rapturous my applause will be after the public have endured half an hour of Frank Lavender!

You’re known for your fashionforward outfits. Any tips for those of us who may find going out to your show is the first time we’ve been out of tracksuit bottoms and a T-shirt in months?

Just try and make an effort, won’t you? This is a funeral after all for crying out loud. Fashionable mourning attire of the day is encouraged and, remember, grief is a competition. Who’s the saddest AdMyra there? I need to see your anguish at my demise reflected in your outfit; do not disappoint me!

It would have been very selfish of me to curl up under my duvet right when the country, nay, the world – needed me the most

Finally, we welcome you to Birmingham’s Glee Club on September 4. What are you most looking forward to about your visit?

Glee is the venue and glee is what I feel at the prospect of playing beautiful Birmingham! Of course, I’m no stranger to the Midlands. I once paid £1 for a baguette and stayed at the Britannia, and I lived to tell the tale!