Red Dwarf star comes to Exeter

Exeter Comedy Grove welcome Red Dwarf star Norman Lovett to The Barnfield Theatre on Wednesday 10th May.

Norman AKA Holly will be headlining a special one off show in Exeter with support comedians including regular MC Cerys Nelmes.

Born in Windsor, Berkshire, Norman was well into his thirties before he decided to become a stand-up comedian.

He played the original Comedy Store many times and even supported the Clash, one of the personal highlights of his career.

Television and radio followed a few years later, bringing with it the role for which he is best known, that of “Holly“, the ships’ computer in the BBC hit sitcom Red Dwarf.

Norman played Holly throughout the shows’ 1st & 2nd series, before returning at the end of series 7 & featuring throughout series 8.

After Red Dwarf, Norman had his own BBC2 sitcom called “I, Lovett“, in which he played an eccentric inventor (also called Norman) and appeared in Bill

Bailey’s sketch show, “Is It Bill Bailey?“He appeared as Dr. Lovett in the short-lived sitcom “Asylum”

http://www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk/norman-lovett-and-friends/