Craig Revel Horwood

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Craig Revel Horwood (born 4 January 1965) is an Australian-British ballroom and Latin American dancer, choreographer, conductor, author, theatre director and television personality in the United Kingdom.

He is a patron of the Royal Osteoporosis Society. He is best known as a judge on popular BBC dancing show Strictly Come Dancing He did a performance on Strictly Come Dancing in his drag in response to the homophobic messages that the show received after having a same-sex duo dance on the show the previous week.

Personal life

Born in Ballarat, Australia on 4 January 1965. His father Phil was a former Royal Australian Navy Lieutenant whose alcoholism had "torn their family apart". He started his career as a dancer in Melbourne, then moved to London to take advantage of the greater opportunities available there and to dance competitively. In 1989, he moved to the UK from Australia, and on 20 August 2011, he became a British citizen.

Revel is Horwood's middle name — it is not double barrelled. In his autobiography, Horwood reveals that at the age of 17, he made money by appearing as a drag queen in bars and clubs and that his relationship with an unnamed celebrity was akin to prostitution.

Horwood was married to Jane Horwood from 1990 to 1992. In December 2014, Horwood informed a reporter from OK! magazine that 'I was bisexual for a long time. I flitted between men and women quite a lot between the ages of 17 and 26. My wife Jane left me for another man. Then I fell in love with a bloke. I have been gay ever since.' His former partner Damon Scott had been a runner up on Britain's Got Talent.

Since early 2018, Horwood has been in a relationship with horticulturist Jonathan Myring. In April 2020 Horwood and Myring announced their engagement. The pair, who met on Tinder, became engaged while in Tasmania.

Horwood became a patron of the Royal Osteoporosis Society in 2009. In this, he has found common ground with Camilla, Queen Consort, the Society's Royal patron (whose mother, like his, had bone disease). The two of them danced the cha-cha-cha together, on a school visit to mark National Osteoporosis Day in 2009.

In January 2015, Horwood revealed on ITV's Loose Women that he suffered from anorexia and body dysmorphia as a teenager and young dancer, as a result of trying to make himself look like other young men, and other dancers in particular.

The 14th British series of Who Do You Think You Are? featured Horwood's ancestry in the second episode; in this, his family history research took him home to Australia, where he discovered that his family tree traces to Gloucestershire, Lancashire and Essex in England. Horwood found out that he is not the first dancer in his family, and that he is descended from gold prospectors that went bankrupt before becoming rich on finding a 250-ounce gold nugget. He also learnt further that his great-great-grandfather, Moses Horwood, who is revealed in the programme to have been a petty criminal from England, was convicted at the Gloucestershire assizes and transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1841. Criminal records identified by TheGenealogist include a transportation document for Moses Horwood, showing he departed England on 1 December 1841 on board a ship called the John Brewer.

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Career

Spending money in Horwood's West End credits include My One and Only, which earned Laurence Olivier Award nominations for Best Choreography. He was associate producer and choreographer of West Side Story, aided Bob Avian with Martin Guerre, and was resident director of Miss Saigon. He choreographed The Musical, Calamity Jane, Tommy Cooper – Jus' Like That and the play Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, starring Claire Bloom and Billy Zane at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Beautiful and Damned was also directed and choreographed by the artist. He produced My Land's Shore, a Welsh Première Concert Company based in Cardiff, for the Gate Theatre. He produced a new version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard at the Watermill Theatre in London, which later went to the West End at the Comedy Theatre in London.

Horwood curated and choreographed the 2010–11 UK and Canadian tour of Chess, a revival of Tim Rice's 1986 musical concept and written, with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA). Since 2012, he has been on the United Kingdom Tour of Strictly Come Dancing. Miss Hannigan appeared in Annie's touring production in the United Kingdom and then the West End (in 2017) at the Piccadilly Theatre.

Pal Joey, Arcadia, On the Razzle and My One and Only at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Anything Goes and South Pacific for Grange Park Opera and Hot Mikado at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury include regional theatre choreography.

Horwood directed and choreographed the UK tour of musical Sister Act from 2016-2017; and in 2017, he produced and choreographed Son of a Preacher Man, a new musical starring Dusty Springfield's music. He will soon be directing Strictly Ballroom the Musical, which was supposed to tour the UK from September 2020 but was postponed until September 2022 due to Covid19.

Special Events

Horwood conducted the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and staged Once Upon a Time – Hans Christian Andersen's Life, a live concert in Copenhagen to commemorate the author's bicentennial.

Horwood appeared in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at the Hawth Theatre in Llandudno, North Wales, in December 2009, a role he reprised in December 2010 at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley, Kent, alongside Ann Widdecombe in 2011. He appeared at the Swan Theatre in High Wycombe in December 2012, with Widdecombe and also at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend in December 2013. In 2014, 2015, and 2016, Horwood appeared in Peter Pan at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford, Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe Swan, Bromley, and The Orchard Theatre. He appeared in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in December 2017; and in December 2018, he appeared as the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking. Horwood performed in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at the Manchester Opera House, Manchester, in December 2019. In December 2021, he will appear in Cinderella with Debbie McGee.

Horwood embarked on his first solo tour around England, The All Balls and Glitter Tour, where he spoke about his personal life and played some of the music that has influenced his career. This was supposed to take place in Spring 2020, but Covid19 had to cancel it for Spring 2022.

Since its inception in 2004, Horwood has been a member of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing judging panel. He has a reputation as one of the harshest of the judges and is often the object of mockery and booing from the studio audience; in the fourth series of the competition, he has been chastised for his apparent bias against Emma Bunton. Horwood is known for stringently enforcing rules, as for example, when determining for a "illegal lift" in some dances if the lady's foot leaves the ground.

Horwood has been known and imitated for his locutions, which often contain exaggerated vowels such as "It was a complete dahnce di-ster, dahling" and "Chah-Chah." These are also available as ringtones on Horwood's website, with proceeds going to the National Osteoporosis Society. Three words: Fab-u-lous! is another common expression. 'The syllables of the word are articulated as three distinct terms,' Horwood similarly breaks up the syllables and brings the heat into the final syllable for 'A-ma-zing!' Horwood will declaim 'absolute filth,' which is often followed by 'I loved it!' Horwood wrote: 'I loved it,' in the case of Kimberley Walsh, which was 'indecent, improper, and complete filth,' she said.

Horwood and Brendan Cole appeared on Dancing with the Stars in New Zealand. Since its 2019'revival,' he and Sharna Burgess joined them as a judge on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars for seasons 16 and 17.

Horwood, as well as Lesley Garrett and Richard Park, became a judge on the Comic Relief Does Fame Academy in 2005. On the panel, Garrett and Grant replaced vocal coaches David Grant and Carrie Grant; however, the pair continued as voice coaches on the program. In 2007, he appeared as a judge on the third series of the Comic Relief edition.

Horwood appeared in Episode 5 of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, during which Theroux investigated the trials and tribulations of struggling New York City actors. Horwood appeared on Celebrity MasterChef in May and June 2007, defeating Nadia Sawalha and Midge Ure in the final.

Horwood, the celebrity guest judge on the Daily Cooks Challenge, was born on April 15, 2010. Would I Lie to You? appeared on August 13th this year. He appeared on Celebrity Juice and Ask Rhod Gilbert during 2011. He appeared on BBC television show The Magicians in January 2012, and on September 3, he appeared on Channel 5 as a panelist, and on October 22nd, he appeared on ITV's Loose Women. Horwood appeared on CBBC's television show 12 Again, sharing his personal life when he was 12 years old; on February 22, 2013, he appeared on Room 101.

Horwood appeared in the reworked version of the 2008 BBC series Maestro at the Opera, beating Josie Lawrence, Marcus du Sautoy, and Trevor Nelson. Mark Elder, Danielle de Niese, Alfie Boe, and Kiri te Kanawa were among those who appeared. The series was partially shot at the Royal Opera House in London, where Horwood, the eventual winner, conducted Act II of La Bohème in late 2012.

Horwood lent his vocals to a single released by other celebrities under tutee of choirmaster Gareth Malone for the Children in Need charity single of 2014; the choir performed a version of Avicii's "Wake Me Up." He appeared on a special edition of ITV's Loose Women and Men" on January 15, 2016, alongside series regulars Andrea McLean and Nadia Sawalha, as well as fellow special hosts Peter Andre and Chris Kamara. On July 13, 2017, he appeared in an episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, in which he learned about his ancestry and family history.

In the animated series Sadie Sparks, which airs on Disney Channel, Horwood performed the snake Cornelius; Michael McIntyre woke him up by Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show on Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show, which aired on Christmas Day 2019.

Horwood appeared on The Masked Dancer, disguised as Knickerbocker Glory in the Semi-Final in 2021; he was the seventh celebrity to be unveiled. Craig and Bruno's Great British Roadtrip began in June the pair would be joined by fellow dancer, judge, and choreographer Bruno Tonioli in a series of six half-hour episodes made by RDF Television for ITV, while simultaneously celebrating shared passions for fun, food, dance, and classic cars.

Horwood choreographed the final scene of Paddington 2 (2017) and made his screen debut as Emmanuel Cavendish in Nativity Rocks! (2018).

Horwood's Christmas single "It's Christmas, Merry Christmas" was released in 2021. Rietta Austin, who is ranked at 21 on British iTunes, is the most popular female musician on the internet. Horwood also announced a duets album with Austin, which is set to be released in 2023.

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