| Event @ a glance | Alan Carr @ a glance - Alan wowed the crowds at this year's Royal Variety performance.
- He first came to prominence when winning both the BBC New Comedy Award and City Life Best Newcomer of the Year in 2001.
- Since then he has performed three hugely successful stints at Edinburgh with 2002's Me 'Eads Spinning and 2003's I Love Alan Carr.
- His 2005 smash Alan Carr gained five star reviews virtually across the board.
- Alan has since been performing the length and breadth of the country wowing audiences with his own inimitable brand of stand up.
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Q: What are your previous experiences of Leicester? A: I've performed in Leicester a few times, and the audiences have always been lovely. I did the Summer Raspberry this year and that was fun, there were a lot of good acts on the night. Q: You've been called "the spiritual son of Frankie Howard". How does that make you feel? A: Honoured and flattered, I am a huge fan. Q: How would you describe your comic style? A: Telling stories about the mundane with bitter undertones. Q: Have you consciously drawn your comic inspirations from the great effete funny men of the past? A: Not consciously but I think we all grew up with them I remember feeling a link with them but I didn't know why- obviously I do now. Q: What is it that attracts you to camp humour? A: My humour isn't camp - I am camp. And it annoys me when camp in the gay world is seen as a handicap. Personally I find the 'straight acting' gays ridiculous, come off it I mean we can all grow a moustache and shop at Matalan can't we? Q: One of your Edinburgh Festival reviews said that you adore "prancing on stage with a physical showbiz style that would put a Broadway showgirl to shame." So would you like to be a musical star? A: No I’ll leave that to Claire Sweeney - she does it so well. Q: You were the winner of the 2001 BBC New Talent Competition. How important was the award to you? A: It's nice to think that such an establishment as the BBC would rate you and it's a fantastic feeling to think a 1000 people entered and I am better than all of them. Ha ha! Q: Has it helped your career? A: Yes, I wasn’t expecting a TV show out of it. The award has meant I can leapfrog others and get a bit more money for gigs. Q: People often say that all comics had a 'difficult' childhood? A: No my childhood was great, I had fantastic parents. It was only at 18 that I realised life was difficult and unfair. Q: Are you as funny off stage as on? A: As you can tell from the answers to these questions - of course! Q: And finally, where would you like to be in five years time? A: Appearing in a sitcom that I've written myself and maybe a bit of film work. I would love to do a big theatre tour of my stand-up. | 
