‘Who’s here ’cos of Ted Lasso?” grins Nick Mohammed, double-Emmy-nominated star of the soccer sitcom, in his first UK tour as Mr Swallow. Then he sucks the air through his teeth: “Very different show, this.”
Even those unfamiliar with his chaotic stage appearances as the shouty, indignant, Orville-voiced magician will know the character from his 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown spots, where he has memorised decks of cards, added lyrics to the Jurassic Park theme and deprecated the mathematical melee of The Twelve Days of Christmas. Each of these routines, viewed millions of times online, is wheeled out in this live greatest-hits compilation, but none of it feels shop-worn.
