Est: 2016
Keith Harris, Orville & Cuddles
Keith Shenton Harris (21 September 1947 – 28 April 2015) was an English ventriloquist, best known for his television show The Keith Harris Show (1982–90), audio recordings, and club appearances with his puppets Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey. He had a UK Top 10 hit single in 1982 with "Orville's Song" which reached number 4 in the charts.
Harris' best known creation, Orville the duck, came about after he saw some green fur lying around backstage at a performance of The Black and White Minstrel Show in Bristol. Orville, recalled Simon Farquhar in his Independent obituary of Harris, was "a huge, gormless, falsetto-voiced green duckling sporting a nappy fastened by a giant safety pin". Harris recorded "Orville's song", written by Bobby Crush. It made the Top Ten in the UK singles chart in 1982 and sold 400,000 copies. It was later voted the worst song ever recorded.
Keith Harris, Orville & Cuddles
1965
Puss in Boots
Swansea Grand Theatre
1973
Robinson Crusoe
New Theatre Cardiff
1974
Aladdin
Birmingham Hippodrome
1975
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Bradford Alhambra
1977
Cinderella
Ashton Tameside Theatre
1978
Babes in the Wood
Lewisham Concert Hall
1979
Little Red Riding Hood
Lewisham Concert Hall
1980
Robinson Crusoe
New Theatre, Cardiff
1981
Aladdin
Theatre Royal Nottingham
1982
Aladdin
Oxford Apollo
1984
Humpty Dumpty
Dominion Theatre London
1985
Humpty Dumpty
Birmingham Hippodrome
1986
Humpty Dumpty
Sunderland Empire
1987
Humpty Dumpty
New Theatre Hull
1988
Humpty Dumpty
Theatre Royal Nottingham
1989
Aladdin
Theatre Royal Nottingham
1990
Snow White
Cliffs Pavilion Southsea
1991
Mother Goose
Darlington Civic
1992
Mother Goose
Pavilion Theatre Rhyl
1993
Robinson Crusoe
Ayr, Gaiety Theatre
1994
Dick Whittington
Southport Theatre
1995
Aladdin
Charter Theatre, Preston
1996
Jack and the Beanstalk
Weston Super Mare
1997
Jack and the Beanstalk
Dorking Halls
1998
Little Red Riding Hood
Billingham Forum
1999
Dick Whittington
Alhambra Theatre Bradford
2000
Aladdin
Floral Pavilon Brighton
2001
Cinderella
Lyceum Theatre in Crewe
2002
Jack and the Beanstalk
Wolverhamtpon Grand
2003
Dick Whittington
Fernham Hall in Fareham
2004
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Bolton Albert Halls
2005
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Ferneham Halls
2006
Aladdin
Fernham Hall in Fareham
2007
Cinderella
Fernham Hall in Fareham
2008
Dick Whittington
Ferneham Hall in Fareham
2009
Peter Pan
New Theatre Hull
2010
Dick Whittington
Birmingham Hippodrome
2011
Cinderella
Theatre Royal Plymouth
2012
Jack and the Beanstalk
Wolverhampton Grand
