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Theatre Royal, Drury LaneParks and Recreation actor is his own modest self in a show that has rugged charm in spades, from his rocking-chair-on-the-stoop delivery of stories to entertaining acoustic guitar songsRon Swanson is why everyone’s here – but Ron Swanson’s not what we get. It can feel like peevishness or perversion when a famous entertainer refuses to give fans what they want. But not with Nick Offerman, who has something even more delightful to offer us than his beloved Parks and Recreation alter ego: himself.Not that he’d express it in those terms: the man is modesty personified, effacing himself almost entirely from the success of the sitcom, and more recently The Last of Us – not to mention his marriage to Will & Grace actor Megan Mullally. In all cases, says Offerman in his folksy drawl, he was but the lucky lottery winner when life handed out its prizes.Nick Offerman is at Liverpool Empire 29 June, Theatre Royal Glasgow 30 June, then touring. Continue reading...