Julian Clary, the camp comedian of Sticky Moments, brought the second run of his Western-themed stand-up show A Fistful of Clary to The London Palladium for one night.
Julian Clary, the camp comedian who made his name with Sticky Moments on Channel 4, played A Fistful of Clary at The London Palladium on Saturday 17 May 2025.
Clary was born in Surbiton and studied English and drama at Goldsmiths. His first stage name was Leo Hurll, a fake keyboard player for the pop project Thinkman.
He found television in the mid-1980s on Friday Night Live. Sticky Moments with Julian Clary followed in 1989, a game show in which he often gave points because he liked a contestant.
The show was a second outing for his Western stand-up, after a sold-out first tour under the same title. He billed himself as the Man With No Shame and brought men from the audience onto the stage of a mock saloon.
The Palladium is his pantomime house. He has played its Christmas show most years since Cinderella in 2016, and in 2019 he joined the theatre’s Wall of Fame.