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Andy Murray becomes a stage actor: a ‘new career’ that begins?

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After retiring from tennis at the Paris Olympics 2024, Andy Murray has announced that he will embark on a new career: he will bring a theatre show that will tell the story of his career to theatres in the United Kingdom. So no, not a new career as a coach! The British player officially retired after his doubles defeat in the quarter-finals at the Paris Olympic tournament and, even though only a few months have passed since that day in August, the former British number 1 and winner of three Grand Slam tournaments announced on November 12 what his next project will be.

Through his social media, Andy said that he will soon be on stage as part of a show touring in various cities. A rather unexpected development even if, it must be said, Murray has always felt at ease in front of the cameras and the crowd.

“I’m going on another stage this summer. Join me on my first theatre tour, with Andrew Cotter, in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Hammersmith and Wimbledon. Tickets go on sale this Thursday at my website AndyMurray.com,” he wrote. The four-date show, titled Centre Stage, will run from June 18 to 29.

In a recent lengthy interview with the BBC in which he spoke about his first few weeks in retirement, Murray explained that his retirement so far has been the complete opposite of what he expected and that he doesn’t miss tennis as much as he thought. He said that since he stopped playing, he feels really free and has a lot of time to do what he wants, like spending time with his kids and having time off to play golf or go to the gym.

“It’s really nice and I didn’t expect it. I expected it to be tough, to miss tennis and to want to get back on the tennis court. But no, so far it’s been the complete opposite of what I thought,” he said.

Murray acknowledged that there is no perfect ending for a tennis player, but revealed that he now feels guilt-free towards his children and wife Kim. The Scot said that the thing he has always found difficult in recent years is that there was always a sense of guilt attached to what he was doing, and that if he had to go on a three- or four-week trip he would feel guilty leaving his children at home or being away from his wife.

“Tennis is a very lonely sport and sometimes it was really hard for me to get to the final at Wimbledon and be criticised or feel like I wasn’t good enough. Which I think is wrong. My perception was that I felt attacked even when I was doing really well, and that was quite difficult,” he explained

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