That’s not to say it wasn’t an enjoyable experience, I really rather liked it, but rather it needs to be taken more as a kind of vanity project and Lord knows, she has paid her dues. Her personal anecdotes are chucklesome if not particularly revelatory and her choice of songs wisely errs on the patter side of things - she’d be the first to say she’s hardly the strongest singer although she did win an Olivier for Best Supporting Role in A Musical for
Acorn Antiques, which simply demonstrates her considerable comic capabilities.