About this episode

The episode features guests discussing their upcoming shows and personal stories, including Ruthie Henshall's memoir and Joe Pasquale's Edinburgh Fringe debut.

West End star and Olivier Award winner Ruthie Henshall has a new memoir and as you might expect it's very glamorous and full of tales about the cast of Cats, Les Mis and Crazy for You. It also tells the story of her secret five year relationship with a young Prince Edward, how the now-King of England mixed her first martini and Princess Diana encouraged her to belt out a show tune after dinner. Performer and all-round master entertainer Joe Pasquale is making his Edinburgh Fringe debut this year - before now he's always been too busy presenting The Price Is Right or competing in Dancing on Ice or winning I'm a Celebrity. Find out about his show - 11 and a half Angry Men. The comedian Tez Ilyas, star of Man Like Mobeen and The Tez'O Clock Show is also heading for Edinburgh and then out on tour with his new show - Tez Things I Hate About You. He's entered his "uncle stage", he says, and thrives on deinfluencing. Plus music from soul singer Mica Millar and from The Zutons front man Dave McCabe, now solo. Presenter Kiri Pritchard-Mclean Producer Olive Clancy Assistant producer Lizzie Foster Production co-ordinator Pete Liggins Technical producers Amy Brennan and Kelly Young

People in this episode

Host: Kiri Pritchard-Mclean

Guests: Ruthie Henshall, Tez Ilyas, Mica Millar, Joe Pasquale, Dave McCabe

Topics covered

• memoir
• theater
• comedy
• music
• entertainment
• Edinburgh Fringe

Keywords

• Ruthie Henshall
• Tez Ilyas
• Joe Pasquale
• Edinburgh Fringe
• memoir
• comedy
• music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio 4

Books & works: Cats, Les Mis, Crazy for You, Tez Things I Hate About You, 11 and a half Angry Men

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