Very little was off-limits as the king of innuendo hit the stage in an intimate show which touched on life, love, sex and middle age.
Clary, now a national institution, is surely the pretender to Dame Edna Everage's crown for quick-witted repartee and filthy double-entendre (but only if you have got the mind to go with it).
Hitting 50 this year, and preparing for something of a comeback tour, he reveals that he and Michael Jackson led rather parallel lives, except one made it as far as the tour and the other didn't.
The banter took in gossip surrounding Simon Cowell, the secrets of the Strictly Come Dancing tour dressing room, and Clary's special psychic powers.
There were real jokes too, among the chat, with one memorable line (perhaps another innuendo?) about Paul Daniels – when a little squirt does the trick.
Please don't go into the discussions surrounding a combine harvester in rural Kent, where Julian now lives with his boyfriend.
And perhaps we ought to probe more deeply into his apparent obsession with the success of Paul O'Grady?
Back for the second half in a ringmaster's outfit (think about it…) he encouraged some audience participation with a couple of likely lads from the crowd.
This was a great curtain raiser to what's sure to be a hit tour, and he's due back in Nottingham for his "proper" gig at the Playhouse on September 30.
