FRESH from the hit television series Steps: On the Road Again and a subsequent 20-date sold out arena tour, Ian ‘H’ Watkins is back at Bournemouth Pavilion next week starring in the title role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

The musical, one of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most popular, is the Biblical story of Joseph and his brothers told through a series of eminently singable songs, including Close Every Door, Any Dream Will Do and Jacob and Sons.

Having garnered sensational reviews, Bill Kenwright’s production continues to enjoy huge success across the country with standing ovations at every performance and is in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest running touring musical of all time.

Having already achieved a relatively successful career in the performing arts, Ian Watkins a lad from South Wales, could not have imagined on answering an ad for a pop band that Steps would go on to be one of the biggest selling acts of the nineties, releasing eight albums and selling 20million records worldwide.

With 22 singles to their name, the band holds some impressive credentials. The only British band to have had more top ten hits are The Beatles, and to this day, Steps command the record for the UK’s biggest arena tour and still hold pop’s highest Wembley box office figures.

Post Steps, Ian appeared on stage in the iconic role of the childcatcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Nick Piazza in Fame, Dave in Before Bristol, Michael in Erogenous Zones, Jeffery in Family Planning, Rupert in One O’Clock From The House and Duncan in Rhinestone Mondays as well as Joseph, which is running at Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre from August 20-24.