Michael and Hilary Whitehall bring their hit podcast to the stage, with Michael recounting fifty years in show business and Hilary as his fact-checker.
Michael Whitehall and his wife Hilary are coming to the Royal Hall on Friday 14 May 2027 with The Wittering Whitehalls: Recollections May Vary. It's the stage version of their podcast, The Wittering Whitehalls, which has gone over five million downloads sharing their take on life, marriage, parenting and grandparenting.
On stage, Michael wanders through fifty years in show business, including his later-life turn as sidekick to his son Jack on five series of the Netflix travelogue Travels With My Father. He's prone to confabulating, filling in the gaps with invented memories, while Hilary sits in as his fact-checker, bringing back the details and correcting any false recollections. It's the same dynamic as the podcast, just played out in front of an audience.
There's a fair bit of history to draw from. Michael has worked as a producer, talent agent and author, representing actors like Colin Firth, Daniel Day-Lewis and Dame Judi Dench, and co-founding Havahall Pictures in 1988. With Jack, he created the chat show Backchat in 2013. Hilary started as an actress, with roles in The Bill, Miranda and Bad Education, and voiced Miss Petunia in the animation series Moley. The two premiered The Whitehalls Live at Carnegie Hall in 2024 and toured Barely Alive in 2025, so this is the latest in a few years of them working together on stage.
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It's a one-night stop in Harrogate, with the show starting at 7:30pm at the Royal Hall on Ripon Road. Tickets are £30.50 to £61.00.
