JOIN Nicholas Parsons at The Haymarket next month for A Laugh A Minute. 

The show, which is coming to Basingstoke on Thursday, April 23 at 7.30pm, is full of humour, comedy and acutely observed characterisations.

Nicholas demonstrates his ability as a solo performer and raconteur in this anecdotal entertainment based on his experience of life and working in the various media of an unpredictable and always fascinating profession.

His ability to laugh at himself and see the humour in his early life and struggles to be an actor, while serving an engineering apprenticeship in the harsh world of Clydeside, building to anecdotes based on his varied work in so many branches of show business, is a constant joy and a humorous revelation.

Nicholas Parsons began his theatrical career doing impressions and working in small repertory theatres in Glasgow but returned to London to become a full-time actor appearing in Charlie’s Aunt at the Palace Theatre.

He has been chairman of radio’s Just a Minute for 25 years and was voted Radio Personality of the Year in 1967 for his satirical show Listen To This Space.

The 1970s brought Nicholas onto the television screens, appearing in many Benny Hill shows and then hosting and compering Sale of the Century for 14 years.

Tickets: £19 (ticket price includes £1 booking fee)

Box office: 01256 844244, anvilarts.org.uk