Simon Cowell discusses I Can't Sing closure - "we went in too big a theatre"

Speaking to Digital Spy, Simon Cowell has admitted that X Factor musical I Can't Sing "didn't work".

I Can't Sing plays its final performance at the London Palladium tomorrow (Sat 10th May), just over six weeks after its official opening.

Cowell said "We took a punt and it didn't work out. If I could do things different, I would have gone to local theatres and built up a following. We went in too big a theatre - it's the biggest theatre in the West End."

The Palladium seats 2,286 people whereas the Apollo Victoria Theatre (home to Wicked) seats 2,304. Harry Hill and Steve Brown's musical stars Nigel Harman, Cynthia Erivo, Simon Bailey and Simon Lipkin.

Theatre Gossip: X Factor Musical workshop to take place in a couple of weeks

Simon Cowell has revealed that a workshop for the planned X Factor Musical will take place in a couple of weeks. He told journalists at the Britain's Got Talent London auditions that he plans to help audition actors for the upcoming X Factor musical..

Harry Hill is currently developing a comedic musical version of the ITV competition, which is apparently scheduled to open in spring 2014. The talent show judge has stated that he plans to be heavily involved in the audition process, especially with who will play himself.

Simon Cowell also told journalists that he has been told that musical is very funny and very good. "That workshop will be the time we decide whether we are in or out. We have to wait and see whether it's going to work. But the buzz from the people who know about these things is that it's very good.".