Stage Mum

This is a book for every parent who has ever wondered whether to put, encourage or push their children onto stage, television or celluloid; for every grown-up child who wanted to audition and wasn't allowed to, and for anyone interested in the consequences when showbiz happens to nice – or just ordinary – people...Lisa Gee's six year old daughter, Dora, has been playing one of the Gretls in the Connie Fisher production of The Sound of Music in the West End. She had a fantastic time and, Lisa writes, is coming out the other side of this experience much the same girl, though Lisa hints there…