Award-winning screen and theatre legend Victor Spinetti offers a peek into an extraordinary life and career in A Very Private Diary – Revisited. Unlocking his personal memoirs this sensational evening of comedy gossip and revelations is at the New Theatre, Cardiff for one night only on Sunday 2 November before transferring to New York.With a twinkle in his eye Victor Spinetti recounts tales of the great, the good and the not so good. His charmed life has brought him close to many legends of stage and screen. In A Very Private Diary - Revisited he reveals hilarious and intimate stories of stars including Marlene Dietrich, Frank Sinatra, Princess Margaret, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier and of course, The Beatles. Born of Welsh and Italian heritage Victor sprang to international fame as part of Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop in Fings Ain’t What They Used T’Be and Oh! What A Lovely War!, for which he won a Tony award for his role as an obnoxious Drill Sergeant. Spinetti has appeared in over thirty films including three with The Beatles (A Hard Day’s Night, Help and Magical Mystery Tour). He went on to co-write a play, In His Own Write with John Lennon which played at the National Theatre in 1968. A Very Private Diary premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in the late 1980’s and subsequently played to sell-out houses. It transferred to The Donmar Warehouse, London before a world tour. The tour was directed by the late writer and broadcaster Ned Sherrin, himself a master raconteur. This was the last production that Ned worked on and was one of his favourite shows. This production is dedicated to him. This won’t be Spinetti’s first appearance on the New Theatre stage as he starred in both Superted and Oliver! in the eighties. Victor Spinetti is at the New Theatre, Cardiff Sunday 2 November 7.30pm. Tickets range from £8 - £19 and can booked via the Box Office on 029 2087 8889 or online* at www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk. |
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