Dances and Dreams on Diamond Street

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Fans were quick to express how happy they were at the news that the judge would be remaining in the show for the foreseeable future. CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD TO STAR IN MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE'S FAB-U-LOUS PANTOMIME – - Pantomime Tickets | Pantos from Qdos Entertainment". He choreographed Hard Times – The Musical, [16] Calamity Jane, [17] Tommy Cooper – Jus' Like That [18] and the play Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, starring Claire Bloom and Billy Zane at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He explained: "I might hang up my dancing shoes just on the stage and go towards direction but that’s about it.

Then in December 2012, he played the same role at the Swan Theatre in High Wycombe, again alongside Widdecombe [38] and also in December 2013 at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend. Previously, he clapped back at 'trolls' who were angered by his decision to give Layton Williams and Nikita Kumzin a 10 while only giving 2023 winners Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola a 9. All Balls and Glitter: My Life in 2008, [71] Tales from the Dance Floor in 2013 [72] and In Strictest Confidence in 2018. BBC One – Strictly Come Dancing, Series 17, Week 11, Craig Revel-Horwood leads a group dance to a musical medley from Hello, Dolly! Louis Smith Wins Full Marks For Topless Showdance in Strictly Come Dancing Final," Metro, 22 December 2012.Horwood found out that he is not the first dancer in his family, and that he is descended from gold prospectors who went bankrupt before becoming rich on finding a 250-ounce (7. He went on to brand the rumours as "vicious" as he spoke about the matter on Lorraine earlier this week. In late 2021, Horwood moved to a seven-bedroom property dating back to 1867 in the Northamptonshire village of King's Cliffe. The way Craig got all emotional talking about thinking back to season one of Strictly Come Dancing is making me wonder is this his last season?

In January 2012, he appeared on BBC television series The Magicians; and for the week beginning 3 September that year, he appeared as a panellist on The Wright Stuff on Channel 5, followed on 22 October by an appearance on ITV's Loose Women. But after Horwood held back tears while watching Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola take home the Glitterball Trophy during last Saturday’s final, fans had theorised that Horwood could be hanging up his score paddle for good. Craig Revel Horwood (born 4 January 1965 [ citation needed]) is an Australian-British author, dancer, choreographer, conductor, theatre director, and former drag queen in the United Kingdom.

In June that same year, it was announced that Craig would be seen joining fellow dancer, judge, presenter and choreographer Bruno Tonioli in Craig and Bruno's Great British Roadtrip; in the series of six half-hour episodes, made by RDF Television for ITV, the pair showcased routes and sights around Britain whilst indulging shared passions for fun, food, dance and classic cars. He has a reputation for being the harshest of the judges and is often the recipient of jeering and booing from the studio audience; [50] he also received criticism for his apparent bias towards Emma Bunton in the fourth series of the competition. Television credits include CHILDREN IN NEED BBC, TVAM Breakfast Show, THE 1992 ROYAL VARIETY COMMAND PERFORMANCE for the BBC at the Dominion Theatre and THE 1993 LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARDS.

Horwood has given a score of "1" more times than any other judge, including as part of the lowest-ever total score of 8 for Quentin Willson, dancing a Cha-cha-cha, in 2004. He also appeared in TV specials including THE DON LANE SHOW, THE MIKE WALSH SHOW and special-guest spots on THE MIDDAY SHOW.Despite Leach and Coppola failing to land the routine’s risky final lift, Horwood praised the otherwise “flawless” dance. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. He also learned further that his great-great-grandfather, Moses Horwood, who is revealed in the programme to have been a petty criminal from England, was convicted at the Gloucestershire assizes and transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1841. Horwood also appeared on CBBC's television programme 12 Again, talking about his life when he was 12 years old; on 22 February 2013, he appeared on Room 101.

During the summer of 2008, he directed a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard at the Watermill Theatre, which transferred to London's West End at the Comedy Theatre.

He later moved to Melbourne and appeared in productions including WEST SIDE STORY, the Australian and New Zealand tour of THE DANNY LA RUE SHOW, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, ME AND MY GIRL, OLYMPUS ON MY MIND, SUGAR BABIES, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK and LADIES NIGHT (the hit comedy play in which he played the part of "Norman"). He directed the Welsh Première Concert Production of My Land's Shore for the Gate Theatre in Cardiff. Horwood lent his vocals to a single released by other celebrities under tutorage of choirmaster Gareth Malone for the Children in Need charity single of 2014; the choir performed a version of Avicii's " Wake Me Up".