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Stars Of Musical Theatre
What's it really like to be a west end musical star? Matt Lucas reveals the truth.
From the dazzling lights and nightly standing ovations, starring in a West End musical can seem like the big time for any actor. But what’s it really like? Matt Lucas brings together three actors prepared to tell it like it is.
Claudia Kariuki, Rob Houchen & Malcolm Sinclair have over sixty years experience on the stage in musicals as varied as Les Miserables, Porgy & Bess and Wicked - but backstage the problems are all too similar.
From bickering backstage to overflowing toilets, avoiding reviews to getting notes from everyone but the director, this is the hilarious truth of a life lived in the limelight.