Different Aspects (Hardback)

1989, a young Michael Ball landed the lead role in the musical Aspects of Love. It was a moment that changed his life forever. It w as the first time he worked with legends of the stage like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Trevor Nunn; it was from that show that came his smash hit song, Love Changes Everything, which rode high in the charts for 15 w eeks; it w as then, also, that he first met his long-term partner Cathy McGowan and battled back against the stage fright that had threatened his career.

Over three decades later, Michael returns to a new production of the same show where he made his name, definitely older, possibly w iser, and w ith a lifetime's worth of stories to tell. In Different Aspects, Michael takes us backstage inside the making of a West End hit, while diving back into memories to explore that moment in his tw enties w hen the w orld w as at his feet and his life changed beyond recognition.

Part exploration of the pitfalls and pratfalls of modern theatre and part exploration of his life, his career and his relationships, Different Aspects is the story of a life lived on the stage. There is laughter, there is tears, there is sw eat and some blood, there is even some Roger Moore, although, famously, not quite enough. And through it all the show goes on.

Take your seats ladies and gentlemen, the lights are dimming, the performance is about to start.