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'I wasn't ambitious until I was 60!' Gary Wilmot on comedy, panto, musicals " and his Beckett-style new play

by Arifa Akbar

He left school at 15 and worked as a scaffolder. Then success on New Faces launched him to stardom " and he's been a panto and musicals sensation ever since. So what made him write a comedy about two men waiting? Gary Wilmot has had many lives. A children's TV presenter turned variety show host turned panto marvel turned musicals sensation, Wilmot has now turned his hand back to playwriting. His London debut is a com…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:54am on February 17, 2026