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, Salvador Dali, 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.
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.