She's as normal as anyone who's been in the business since the age of six can be. She didn't have a childhood, so she's going to come across as cold and remote. But she's such a sweet cake.

To me that's the best part of the show and the best part of the business. Occasionally you are blessed with the chance to do something that people are so taken with they hold it dear.

One bit of advice someone gave me - which I haven't yet tried - is that if you go to an area where you might pick up a tummy bug, you should seek out the local probiotic yogurt. Eating it will introduce you to the local gut flora, apparently.

We all sing about the things we're thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can't talk about. It works a real treat.

Somerset has a wonderful wildness about it - it hasn't been tamed. This is farming country, and there's a realness here - I love it.

To me that's the best part of the show and the best part of the business. Occasionally you are blessed with the chance to do something that people are so taken with they hold it dear.