Comedian Leigh Francis has announced he will be going on his first UK tour in 2024, and Bournemouth will be one of his destinations.

Francis will perform across 18 locations for his 'My First Time' tour across the UK between March and April next year.

He is well-known for his characters, such as Keith Lemon, and initially rose to fame for appearing in the sketch show Bo’ Selecta!

Francis is scheduled to be in Bournemouth on Friday, March 8 at the Pavilion Theatre.

Announcing the tour, Francis 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!"

How to get tickets to see Leigh Francis' 'My First Time' tour

All tickets for Leigh Francis' 'My First Time' tour will be available on the Ticketmaster website. 

Pre-sale tickets go on sale at 10am on Thursday (June 22), whilst general sale tickets will be available to purchase from 10am on Friday (June 23).

To get access to the pre-sale tickets simply visit the Ticketmaster website and sign up. 

You must sign up by 5pm on Wednesday, June 21.