Britain's Got Talent winner, Lost Voice Guy, is to do his first UK tour for five years. In Spring 2027 he will be back on the road with his brand new show, The Cerebral Palsy Puppet.
Armed with his trusty iPad and absolutely no filter, the man with cerebral palsy who also suffers from being a Geordie takes aim at talent shows, dating disasters, Jehovah's Witnesses and the Department for Work and Pensions hold music.
This is first rate stand-up from a comedian who struggles to stand up…but nobody's pulling his strings.
Lee Ridley (aka Lost Voice Guy) is the first stand-up comedian to use a communication aid. He says: "I'm really looking forward to getting back on the road again. Travelling the country is one of the few times
people are genuinely pleased to see a disabled bloke turn up unexpectedly. There's nothing better than performing live and hearing an audience laugh, as long as I remember to keep my iPad charged, otherwise it's a very long 90 minutes of awkward eye contact."
Lee won Britain’s Got Talent in 2018. His TV and radio credits include Christmas Comedy Club With Lost Voice Guy (ITV), The Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Britain’s Got Talent: The Champions (ITV), Evil Escapes (ITV), Live At The Apollo (BBC Two) and The Last Leg (Channel 4).
As an actor, Lee has appeared in Jerk series 1-3 (BBC Three) and Scot Squad (BBC Scotland). He also wrote and starred in I Just Called To Say (Sky Comedy) and Ability series 1-4 (BBC Radio 4) which was
shortlisted for Best Radio Comedy in the 2019 Writers’ Guild Awards and Best Scripted Comedy in the 2019 BBC Audio Drama Awards.
His book, I’m Only In It For The Parking, is available in hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook.
In 2019, he was named Ent24’s Hardest Working Comedian of the Year and he has appeared on The Shaw Trust’s Disability Power 100 List of the UK’s most influential disabled people in in 2019, 2020 and 2022.
Lee is also an ambassador for Scope and Sense as well as being a patron of The Scott-Morgan Foundation, Smile For Life, Communication Matters and The Sequal Trust.
Listings Information:
Venue: Komedia BRIGHTON
Dates: Thursday, 4 th February
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Quarry Theatre BEDFORD
Dates: Friday, 5th February
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Old Town Hall HERTFORDSHIRE
Dates: Wednesday, 10th February
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Chipping Norton Theatre CHIPPING NORTON
Dates: Thursday, 11th February
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Lowry SALFORD
Dates: Sunday, 14th February
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Arts Centre COLCHESTER
Dates: Saturday, 27th February
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Playhouse NORWICH
Dates: Monday, 1st March
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Spring HAVANT
Dates: Saturday, 13th March
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Junction CAMBRIDGE
Dates: Monday, 15th March
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Riverfront Theatre & Arts Centre NEWPORT
Dates: Friday, 19th March
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Carriageworks LEEDS
Dates: Friday, 2nd April
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Birmingham Repertory Theatre BIRMINGHAM
Dates: Thursday, 8th April
Time: 7.45pm
Venue: Huntingdon Hall WORCESTER
Dates: Wednesday, 14th April
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Playhouse CHELTENHAM
Dates: Thursday, 15th April
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Lights ANDOVER
Dates: Friday, 16th April
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Corn Exchange EXETER
Dates: Thursday, 22nd April
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Teignmouth Pavilions TEIGNMOUTH
Dates: Friday, 23rd April
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: MMC MOUNTSORREL
Dates: Wednesday, 28th April
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Foundry SHEFFIELD
Dates: Thursday, 29th April
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Aberdeen Arts Centre ABERDEEN
Dates: Saturday, 8th May
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Stand GLASGOW
Dates: Sunday, 9th May
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: The Stand NEWCASTLE
Dates: Monday, 10th May
Time: 8.00pm
Ticket link: https://gagreflex.co.uk/shows/the-cerebral-palsy-puppet/
photo credit, Steve Ullathorne
