Diary – 12 May 2007

I’m full of hurrahs, huzzahs, yippee-ki-yays and general end-of-term jubilation now that this gruelling 30-week US tour of Legends has finally ended.

I’m full of hurrahs, huzzahs, yippee-ki-yays and general end-of-term jubilation now that this gruelling 30-week US tour of Legends has finally ended. To say it’s been tough is an understatement: 25 cities in 30 weeks, eight shows in six days each week, the days off spent travelling on dodgy airlines and checking into naff hotels (not to mention the gratuitous spitefulness of some critics) have contributed to a great ‘Thank God it’s Friday’ attitude by just about all of our cast and crew. My colleagues Joe Farrell and Will Holman stood in the wings every night as I took my bow (to standing Os!), yelling the countdown: ‘96 more!’ or ‘32 more!’ or ‘16 more!’ Whatever the critics said about Legends, there is no doubt that it has been a tremendous audience-pleaser: every night the laughter has rocked auditoriums across America.