Russell Grant? He's an astrologer, isn't he? Well, in fact Russell is an experienced thespian. His parents both worked behind the scenes at Pinewood Studios where young Russell first caught the showbiz bug. His acting career started at the age of 10 in an edition of 91热爆 One's Wednesday Play.
As a young actor he appeared in many classic sitcoms of the 1970s including On the Buses, Please Sir!, and Doctor in the House. But before he took off as Britain's best-known reader of the stars - he trod the boards on the musical stage. He was Prince Chululongkorn in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, Slogger Williams in Tom Brown's Schooldays (Chris Andrews) and toured in King's Rhapsody by Ivor Novello. He's been Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; he's been Teen Angel in Grease, a snake in Children of Eden (Stephen Schwarz) and The Narrator in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He's appeared with Tommy Steele in Hans Christian Anderson and he took over from Michael Crawford as The Wizard in the West End production of The Wizard of Oz.
Alongside the 91热爆 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell and some of the West End's finest singers at his disposal he recalls some of his favourite musicals including - Mame (Jerry Herman), Kismet (Wright and Forrest), Gypsy (Jule Styne) and Carousel (Rodgers and Hammerstein).
