Harry Hill's X Factor musical set for 2014

Songs are 'really funny'

Harry Hill’s X Factor musical should open in the West End in the spring of 2014, the comic has revealed.

He said he has been working on some ‘really funny songs’ which he tested out in workshops last week.

And he said the show wouldn't be ‘entirely flattering’ – even though X Factor creator Simon Cowell is involved in the project.

Speaking on ITV’s This Morning, Hill said: ‘It's going to open in spring 2014, we're hoping. It's all about getting in a theatre and getting the whole show in shape.

‘But we've been doing a lot of work on it - we've got a script and we did some workshops just last week funnily enough with all these great, really funny songs.’

He added: 'I had to go and pitch it to Simon Cowell which was interesting because it's not entirely flattering.

‘We discover, for instance, why he wears his belt so high up! Did you know the real reason? When he was a child, he was a victim of bullies who used give him a wedgie the whole time, so he found the only way to avoid the wedgie was to have the [high trousers].’

He added that no one had yet been cast to star.

Published: 7 Dec 2012

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