Feb. 18th, 2013

nineveh_uk: Cover illustration for "Strong Poison" in pulp fiction style with vampish Harriet. (Strong Poison)
It seems that Les Miserables isn’t the only musical/musical play that Roger Allam has sung in. In 2001 he played Acting Captain Terri Dennis in the Donmar Warehouse production of Privates on Parade. I learnt this after seeing the play on Saturday afternoon with Simon Russell Beale (long overdue theatre round-up to follow). Inevitably, it put me in mind of a certain line from Yverdon-les-bains...

Just be grateful I’ve never seen La Cage aux Folles in which, you guessed it, Roger Allam has also starred.

You’re on a stopover in Bangkok and your captain meets you in the hotel bar wearing a red cocktail dress. What do you say? Read more... )

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