Craig Revel Horwood
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Craig Revel Horwood is best known to UK audiences as a Judge on all 24 series of BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing, a role he has held since the show’s debut. He also serves as Director and Judge on the annual Strictly Come Dancing: Arena Tour.
In 2025, Craig toured the UK in his one-man show Revelations: Songs Boys Don’t Sing, which accompanied the release of his album of the same name. He returned to the road with the show in 2026.
Craig has a long association with pantomime, most recently having played The Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella at the Theatre Royal Nottingham (2025), Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the Milton Keynes Theatre (2024), The Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella at the New Wimbledon Theatre (2023) and The Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella at the Bristol Hippodrome (2022). Most recent musical performances include Miss Hannigan in the UK Tour of Annie (2023) and The Wicked Witch of the West in the UK Tour of Wizard of Oz (2024).
As a director and choreographer, his credits include: West Side Story (Prince Edward Theatre), Miss Saigon (Drury Lane), Fiddler on the Roof (UK Tour), Son of a Preacher Man (UK Tour), Spend Spend Spend! (Piccadilly Theatre — Olivier nomination for Best Choreography), My One and Only (Piccadilly Theatre — Olivier nomination for Best Choreography), Sunset Boulevard (Watermill Theatre and West End transfer), Now That’s What I Call A Musical (UK Tour) and Strictly Ballroom (UK Tour).
On television, Craig has appeared on Would I Lie to You?, Celebrity MasterChef, Room 101, It Takes Two and his own BBC One travel series Craig and Bruno’s Road Trip with former Strictly judge Bruno Tonioli. He has also judged international versions of Dancing with the Stars in Australia and New Zealand. In 2012, he won BBC Two’s Maestro at the Opera, conducting Act II of La Bohème at the Royal Opera House.
Craig has written several books, including his autobiography All Balls and Glitter (2008), Tales from the Dancefloor (2013), Craig Revel Horwood’s Ballroom Dancing: A Strictly Fantastic Step-by-Step Guide (3rd Edition, 2018) and his newest release The Book of Panto.