Then there are several songs from Billy Joel’s 1977 album ‘The Stranger’ – including ‘Scenes From An Italian Restaurant’. Growing up in New Jersey meant I had very eclectic music tastes.

The first song I remember hearingAndrew Lloyd Webber – ‘Variations’“I loved musical theatre growing up so it’s actually one of the instrumental pieces called ‘Variations’ that Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote for his brother Julian, the cellist. I used to call it ‘ghost music’. It was my favourite song when I was five or six years old.”

Then there are several songs from Billy Joel’s 1977 album ‘The Stranger’ – including ‘Scenes From An Italian Restaurant’. Growing up in New Jersey meant I had very eclectic music tastes.

The song that reminds me of growing upWu-Tang Clan – ‘Method Man’“When I was writing The Spoils, I made sure I scripted it so that there are specific songs that play throughout the show. The first one is ‘Method Man’ by Wu-Tang Clan.

The song I do at karaoke38 Special – ‘Hold On Loosely’“The problem with this is it’s not written in a good key for me. It’s not a problem with the song but a problem with my voice. I insisted on continuing to perform it with a live band in front of strangers in New York but luckily this was before everyone had iPhones, so it’s nowhere to be seen.”

The first song I fell in love toWeen – ‘Sweetheart In The Summer’“It’s from the album ‘La Cucaracha’ and a really romantic track.”