SAINTS legend Matt Le Tissier will be among the guest stars when BBC A Question of Sport’s biggest ever live tour lands in Southampton on Tuesday 30 November.
The Saints Premier League record goalscorer will join double Winter Olympic gold medal winner Lizzy Yarnold, British 400m record holder and Saints fan Iwan Thomas and cricket World Cup winner Ebony Rainford-Brent at the Mayflower Theatre (7:30pm).
They will be alongside long-time host Sue Barker and popular team captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell, with A Question of Sport Live giving fans a chance to see the show up close in a live environment.
The live shows, brought by Cuffe and Taylor, Live Nation and Simon Fielder Productions in association with BBC Studios, will also be a lap of honour for Barker, Dawson and Tufnell, who stepped down from the TV show earlier this year.
Ben Hatton, Director of Theatre Touring for Cuffe and Taylor, said: “This tour has been two years in the planning so we cannot wait for these unmissable shows to happen.
“We are delighted to be able to announce a host of sporting favourites – including many world champions, Olympians and household names – will be joining Sue, Matt and Phil.
“Demand for tickets has been truly phenomenal so I would advise any fans to not delay in getting theirs.”
Final tickets for A Question of Sport’s first live tour in more than a decade are available via ticketmaster.co.uk.
The guest stars
Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier played his entire professional career for The Saints. He scored 209 goals in 540 appearances and was the first midfielder to score 100 goals in the English Premier League. Matt also earned eight caps for England and, since his retirement, has forged a successful career as a TV pundit and panellist.
Ebony Rainford-Brent MBE is a World Cup-winning cricketer and broadcaster. She was captain of the Surrey women's team and a member of the England Team that won the 9th ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in Sydney 2009. Since retiring, Ebony has gone on to a career in the media including becoming a broadcaster and commentator for the flagship BBC programme ‘Test Match Special’.
Iwan Thomas MBE is the British 400m record holder and an Olympic silver medallist. After breaking Roger Black's long-standing British record, Iwan went on to win three individual gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, the European Championships and the World Cup.
Lizzy Yarnold OBE is Britain’s most decorated Winter Olympian. She won the 2013/14 Skeleton World Cup followed by a gold in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She was selected to be one of the two women skeleton drivers representing Team GB at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and went on to become the first person to defend an Olympic gold in skeleton and the first British athlete to defend a Winter Olympic title.
The full tour dates are:
WED SEP 8 Manchester Bridgewater Hall
SAT SEP 11 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall (matinée)
SAT SEP 11 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall (evening)
SUN SEP 12 Brighton Brighton Centre
WED SEP 15 Plymouth Pavilions
FRI SEP 17 Hull Bonus Arena
SAT SEP 18 Cardiff Arena
SUN SEP 19 Sheffield City Hall
THU SEP 23 Glasgow SEC Armadillo
FRI SEP 24 Edinburgh Usher Hall
MON SEP 27 London Palladium
SUN NOV 21 London Eventim Apollo (matinée)
SUN NOV 21 London Eventim Apollo (evening)
WED NOV 24 Newcastle City Hall
SUN NOV 28 Leeds Leeds Arena
MON NOV 29 Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
TUE NOV 30 Southampton Mayflower Theatre
SUN DEC 5 Birmingham Symphony Hall (matinée)
SUN DEC 5 Birmingham Symphony Hall (evening)
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