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... )