Leading lady and onetime telly star Eleanor Woodwardes life is collapsing around her exquisitely turned ankles As an alternative to suicide she takes the lead in an overblown West End salsa musical The producers volatile incompetence is matched only by the length of his cigar A rival actress is after the number one dressing room And the director cant keep his hands to himself Eleanor fears for her sanity but at fifty quid a skull the show must go onIf you want to know showbiz read this and weep with laughter Joanna Lumley