{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/654622518ceeda001243ba3c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"My lunch with Frank","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/cover/1699095038007-d0c11a460e9918baaa1efe31575afbcf.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>An intimate and true story about what happens when you meet your heroes...</p><p>It involves the most prestigious theatre in Paris, a few high-profile media partners, some of the best French musical actors….and a posh London restaurant.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Frank Williams, the author of acclaimed and multi-award-winning British musicals, had always been Lester's beloved playwright and lyricist. Lester had read everything Frank had ever written; seen everything Frank had ever done. Lester believed they were meant to become friends. At least, that’s what was supposed to happen at the lunch …</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Cast:</p><ul><li>Kester Lovelace - Lester Loveless</li><li>Manon Clavel - Estelle Lovelace</li><li>Oscar Lesage - Augustin Leparfait</li><li>Julie Kalya - Simone de Labiche</li><li>Nicholas Mead - Dominique Claude</li><li>David Stanley - Frank Williams</li><li>Sarah Tullamore - Michelle Gabrielle, and the French waitress</li><li>Vivienne Vermes - Maître Goldgrab, and the English waitress</li><li>Martin Lewis - The Judge, and the passenger&nbsp;</li><li>Leslie Clack - Dandy Dan</li></ul><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Written by Kester Lovelace</p><p>Sound design, mixing &amp; postproduction by Laurent Paulré</p><p>Produced and directed by Joanna Szybist</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Music:</p><ul><li>Dance of Slow Waters by Federico Mosconi, Album: Dreamers and Tides</li><li>Pearls from the deep by Zdeněk Liška, Album: Malá mořská víla (Original Soundtrack)</li><li>Radio Burning Chrome by Showroom Recordings, album Series #2</li><li>Sehnsucht nach Heimweh, feat. Maik Willing &amp; Botox Lucas Chor by Hematic Sunsets, Album: Aroma Club Adieu</li><li>Paris dreaming by Agnès Vincent, Album: Elegy (Original Soundtrack)</li><li>Tell me it's not true, feat. Barbara Dickson by Willy Russell, Album: Blood Brothers: The 1995 London Cast Recording</li><li>Huma 2 by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)</li><li>Arrestation by Gérard Torikian, Album: Un monde sans pitié (Original Soundtrack)</li><li>Promenade sentimentale by Vladimir Cosma, Album: Diva (Original Soundtrack)</li><li>Peace, piece, by Bill Evans Trio, Album: Everybody digs</li><li>Gogol by Chilly Gonzales, Album: Solo Piano</li><li>Second call by Otto A Totland, Album: The Lost</li></ul>","author_name":"Kester Lovelace"}