AN award-winning comedian will be stopping off in Wales on his first-ever live tour.

Leigh Francis will be spending much of the start of 2024 on his first ever live tour, aptly called My First Time.

The BAFTA-Award winner will be coming to Swansea as part of the new dates added to the run through March and April.

Leigh will be bringing his characters and sketches to life, including Keith Lemon, Bear and Avid Merrion as well as his impersonations of David Dickinson, Ant and Dec and Myrtle. All will be brought to life on one stage in a live environment for the first time.

He said: “Hey, really exciting news! Well exciting for me! I hope it’s exciting for you! Or at least provokes some sort of interest! I mean, just look how many exclamation marks there is in this quote! It’s definitely news with exciting intent!

“So what is this exciting news? I’m doing my first ever tour! Never done one before. It’s gonna have masks in it!

"The Bear, Avid Merrion, Amanda Holden’s Gran, not her actual gran but me playing her. I’ll also be playing Keith Lemon, I look just like him!

"It’s me doing all the characters I do that hopefully have the intent to provoke hilarity! So many exclamation marks, and the word ‘intent’ and ‘provoke’ twice! I’m excited!

"Come see ME being other people LIVE for the first time! It’ll be your first time and my first time! Hence the title of the tour MY FIRST TIME! (There’s another exclamation mark) how exciting!”

Leigh Francis will bring his My First Time tour to Swansea Arena on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.co.uk