He’s been Jilted and had a Tasty Mint – now meet the real-life Graham Fellows... ... also known as John Shuttleworth
THE man behind one of Sheffield’s finest musical exports and deadpan songs such as Have You Seen My Wife? is coming to The Brindley in Runcorn.
Graham Fellows, who has performed as down-to-earth keyboard maestro John Shuttleworth for 25 years, will be at the award-winning venue on Wednesday, November 7.
For nearly three decades Graham has been entertaining audiences on TV and radio, and delighting them throughout the UK with his songs and quirky take on everyday life.
Recently Graham finished touring as John Shuttleworth with his latest show My Last Will And Tasty Mint, as well as appearing on, and winning, Pointless Celebrities, and starring in Count Arthur Strong.
Now Graham, minus purple leather ● jacket and fawn slacks but still fully clothed, steps out from behind the keyboard to plug in his guitar and sing his own songs: revelatory, humorous and quirky still, sometimes sad.
The Independent said he writes ‘the finest lyrics known to man’.
Graham will naturally talk about Shuttleworth as well as his other comic characters, plus his pivotal acting role on Coronation Street, and becoming a teen- age pop star as Jilted John.
A show spokesman said: “Hear the tale of the night jazz legend George Melly broke into Graham’s bedsit, and of the time he bought a packet of bread sauce with a famous Hollywood actor, poignantly recalled in the ballad Mark Rylance Was My Lodger.”
Tickets are £15 from www.thebrindley. org.uk and the Brindley box office on 0151 907 8360.