JOHN Shuttleworth, the good-natured organist, singer, car sweet devotee and dispenser of homespun advice from Sheffield, will conclude his autumn tour at a sold-out Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough tomorrow night at 7.30pm.

Fear not, however, for jaunty gentleman John and his perky, errant Yamaha keyboard will return in the New Year for more performances of A Wee Ken To Remember, including Harrogate Theatre on February 10, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, on February 17 and Hull Truck Theatre on March 26, the tour's closing night, whenJohn once again chooses to finish his travels in Yorkshire.

John Shuttleworth, should you need reminding, is the retro comedy character creation of GrahamFellows, who has gone from punk spoof Jilted John in 1978 to jolted John in 2014, and all because his sole agent, 1973 New Faces flop Ken Worthington, has dropped a clanger, or an alphabetical letter to be precise.

"John wanted to talk about his favourite past weekends, so the tour poster should have said A Weekend To Remember, but Ken left off the 'd'," says Graham. "I worked very hard to get that title. I knew there was a pun in there somewhere."

Consequently Ken's cock-up has led the mild but very temporarily bitter John to reflect on Ken's past in his latest show, as well as on the big things in life: "There's quite a lot about death in this one, as there always is," says Graham.