Civic play to celebrate comic Larry Grayson

A PLAY will celebrate the comic and Generation Game star Larry Grayson.

Rotherham actor Ian Parkin, one of the founding members of 4 Poofs and a Piano, stars in the nostalgic and intimate insight into Larry Grayson’s last public appearance.

The show Three Days and Three Minutes with Larry is written by Chris Mellor and stops off at the Rotherham Civic on April 18.

Grayson’s comic creations Slack-Alice and Everard are brought to life in this behind- the-scenes peek at the popular personality who died in 1995.

The unashamedly camp comic in a time when TV presenters could not be openly gay takes the audience backstage at his last performance in 1994 at the Royal Variety Show when the comedian befriended a spiritual healer to help him get his three minute act together.

Lee Peart will play Grayson’s spiritualist friend Mark. 

Tickets for the show, which starts at 7.30pm, cost £18 for adults or £16 for concessions.