Les Dennis enjoys some new roles - and he’s coming to Coventry

The biggest compliment audiences can pay to the man famous for his 15-year stint as presenter of Family Fortunes is to “forget it’s Les Dennis”.
Claire Goose and Les Dennis in The Perfect Murder. Picture by Alastair Muir.Claire Goose and Les Dennis in The Perfect Murder. Picture by Alastair Muir.
Claire Goose and Les Dennis in The Perfect Murder. Picture by Alastair Muir.

So said the 60-year-old actor when he spoke to the Courier ahead of starring in the forthcoming crime thriller The Perfect Murder at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry next week.

The role in this stage adaptation of the Peter James novel comes ahead of Les’s first appearance in Coronation Street next month - which he said he is “very excited” about.

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He said: “It’s my favourite show and I cannot believe I have got this part.

“Because I am so well known for the game show hosting, some people come along to the theatre and are surprised because they don’t know that I can act.

“The biggest compliment I can get is when people say that within five minutes, they forgot that it’s Les Dennis.”

And, five weeks into The Perfect Murder tour, Les is really enjoying the audience’s reactions. He said: “You can see that they are enthralled and finding it funny as well - it is a black comedy. There is no fidgeting in seats. You do live theatre for the immediacy of the audience’s reactions - it’s feedback straight away.”

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Starring alongside Les is Claire Goose of the BBC’s Waking The Dead and Casualty, and Gray O’Brien of Coronation Street.

The show runs from Monday (Feb 24) to March 1. For tickets, call 024 7655 3055 or visit www.belgrade.co.uk, where cheaper prices are available.