Camilla Sat On Santa's Lap and I Told Cherie to 'B @&**!& Off!' ; a Leading Actress Reveals the Champagne-Soaked Secrets of Stars' Dressing Rooms

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As you unpack your suitcases and empty sand from the washingmachine filter, I'll be packing for six weeks on tour as Katisha in The Mikado. It's not difficult: flipflops, umbrella and enough anti-viral drugs to eradicate Ebola.

But the most important things for actors to remember are their dressing-room necessities: wine, beer, champagne, glasses and a fridge.

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Camilla Sat On Santa's Lap and I Told Cherie to 'B @&**!& Off!' ; a Leading Actress Reveals the Champagne-Soaked Secrets of Stars' Dressing Rooms

You never know who's going to turn up at the stage door.

Once the company manager told me there was a gentleman, in his 90s, who wanted to meet the cast. Would I, as leading lady, entertain him? Touched at the efforts elderly people make to get to the theatre, I said yes.

Curtain down, I returned...

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