Kelly was a King's Theatre legend
Christmas show legend, who brightened up the winter months with his quick wit, daft jokes and colourful characters in a string of seasonal shows.
Kelly, as he was known, was a professional, who reigned supreme at the King’s for more than two decades, whether losing out in love in Cinderella as poor Buttons, or wiping up after Widow Twankey as Wishee Washee in Aladdin.Gerard Kelly He appeared as designer Spanky Farrell in the Play for Today adaptation of The Slab Boys in 1979 and returned to the role at the Traverse in 1982 in a production at the Royal Court in London and was a major success.
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