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Lee Evans is known for performing music skits at the end of every gig, most famed
for his legendary visual performance of the lyrics to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. He acts out
every lyric to the song in silence with the song playing as he does it, for example, during the line
"Oh let me go! Go, Go, Go!", he runs around the stage, holding his crotch and pretending he
needs the toilet. He has won multiple awards for this performance and it is seen as one of his
best sketches by his fans. In addition to this, he also composes and performs his own comedic
songs. Such songs have been performed on his XL tour, "Three Second Memory" and "Happy
Go Lucky" during his Don't Try This at Home tour. A recurring gag will see Lee Evans
start his songs with a high pitched note as if about to start an opera, and then proclaim to the
audience, "I'm only kidding!" before continuing with his actual song.
One of the trademarks of Lee Evans' performances is his sweatiness; during most
of his headlining performances, he will often have to take an intermission, during which he will
change into a completely different suit. At the end of each half of his performances, he will
usually be drenched in his own sweat. Many consider this a testament to his workmanship. A
second trademark is "The Lee Evans Trio", which basically consists of him on a bare stage and
spotlight miming playing music to a recording of instruments; the spotlight goes out, to be lit in
another location where Lee Evans has moved during the blackout and is now miming
playing a different instrument. He does this three times, with a drum kit, bass cello and
piano.
Lee Evans also appears regularly on stage, including an appearance as "Clov" in
the West End play Endgame, in late 2004. He performed as Leo Bloom in Mel Brooks' musical,
The Producers, and
toured once again in 2005. In November 2005, Lee Evans broke the world record for a
solo act performing to the biggest comedy audience playing to 10,108 people at the
Manchester Evening News Arena.
