“I’ve just turned 50, the kids have left home, and my cat’s just died,” reads the tagline for the show, which enjoys a posh pre-Christmas run in London’s Garrick Theatre.
His errant dad, teenage Soho naughtiness, the ska explosion, dodgy Top Of The Pops miming and the aforementioned expiration of his moggy all feature in what is a two-man affair by dint of his mate Deano providing piano accompaniment to the numerous tunes included.