17/09/2014 The One Show

Hello and welcome to The One Show with Alex Jones and Matt Baker. Now,

if you have ever been to see a musical in the theatre, chances are

it was produced by tonight's guest. Producer of the three longest

running musicals of all-time. Selling 220 million tickets

worldwide. Every night, 14,000 people around the world watch one of

his shows. He's the most successful producer...

Too low-key, I'm sorry. I'd like you to redo that one. It's Sir Cameron

Mackintosh. APPLAUSE

Thank you. It fell off. That is live. That is that he are for you.

Yes. That is thaet are for you. Cameron, productions all over the

world. Let us have a quick world trip what is on where? This week? Do

you know? I thought you were going to do another film. Last night I was

in Bristol, doing standing room only production of Barnum, with Brian

Conley and Linzi Hateley. Fantastic. I go to Vienna. We will talk about

Barnum later Yes, we are. I'm going to Vienna next week for the opening

of that. We have Miss Saigon and Les Mis. So many countries around the

world. 30 productions running at the moment. I have to open three this

week and do a gala. Amazing week for you, or an easy week. 14,000 people

in the world will watch one of your production. Cameron can pack them in

all over the world. If you are a drama work and staging a musical

this weekend, send us a picture of your production. Tell us who you are

and where and when your show is on. We will give you a big can plug at

the end of the show. If anyone can sell a show, this man can! Now, to

the five-year-old that has captured the nation's hearts. Ashya King, who

has a brain tumour, has gun his proton beam treatment in Prague. His

parents had disagreed with doctors in this country and took him out of

hospital, sparking an international search. Trish Adudu met a mum from

Leicester who knows exactly what it's like to take on the medical

establish am. I was terrified. What a huge chance to take with Alex's

life. It wasn't easy to go against the doctors, what they were telling

us in this country. It wasn't easy at all -- establish am. Roz was told

that her three-year-old son Alex had a brain tumour it. Was to be the

start of the biggest battle of her life, not only against her son's

cancer, but the medical team caring for him? They did a scan and found a

giant brain tumour. Really huge, nine centimetre brain tumour. When

you get that news? I couldn't breathe. I felt like somebody was

sitting on my chest. I couldn't take it in. The surgeons cut out the

tumour, an operation which temporarily affected Alex's sight

and mobility? Nine hourses he was in there. When he woke up he said,

"mummy, my eyes are broken" they scratched his optic nerves to get

the huge trouper out. He didn't walk for a long He began 14 time. Months

of chemothearpy. There was more bad news to come. Within a couple of

months the tumour was back. The only way to get my brain around it was to

say, repeatedly to people, my son has cancer. That's the only way.

Alex's consultant put his chances of survival at 20% to 25% and

recommended radiotherapy. He said, I have to warn you about radiotherapy,

he is only four, it's not recommended until they are five, it

can cause severe brain damage. Tl may not work. If it does work, he

could be blind, deaf and in a wheelchair. With severe brain

damage. At that point, I was panicking really badly. Roz and

husband Paul needed to know more about Alex's condition. Like Ashya

King's parents, turned to the internet for answers. I came across

a link for the American hospital saying that they were offering

proton therapy to babies and toddlers because it's safe. Did you

go to the doctors saying, I have found this potentially miraculous

cure? In I said I read about this proton therapy in the States they

are doing. What do you think about that, could I take him for that? He

said it's not tried and tested. If you take him there you will put his

life in danger. They are only after your money anyway. Was it difficult

to turn down the NHS's advice? Extremely hard. Very hard. They

presented a united front. Back then the NHS was thinking of funding

proton therapy treatment abroad for some children. With a hefty price

tag ?120,000, they relied on family and fundraising to reach their goal.

Within four days of hitting their target, they were on a plane for

Florida. Over the next three months, Alex had more surgery and almost

daily proton beam therapy. The treatment was so successful that

after flying home, Alex went straight back to school. Now 10, he

is in full remission from cancer. Who would have thought, your son,

with a brain tumour, 25% survival Yep. Is now tackling! He is going

for it? He was a bit mean! Come on, Alex. I don't know where he gets

that from! No doubts, no regrets? No regrets because my little boy is

perfect. He hasn't got any of those side affects we worried about. He

hasn't got secondary cancer. He is a normal boy. If you look at him now

you would never know he had anything wrong with Can you remember him.

Anything about the hospital? I don't really remember the hospital. I

remember going to Florida and arriving and going to my favourite

restaurant called Captain Dees, a fish and chips restaurant. You found

fish and chips in America! The NHS has funded treatment abroad for 293

children since 2008. And the Prime Minister David Cameron has promised

British facilities by 2018. Roz thinks more should be done. The

treatment is so expensive, not everybody could be helped by the

NHS? If we have the ability to help somebody and to help their child

live and to live a good, long, healthy life. Haven't we a moral

responsibility to do that? The parents of Ashya have been through a

torrid time. What did it make you feel? When I saw they were arrested

I was so furious I couldn't sleep. I was up all night fuming. They did

what I did, they are doing all they can to save their son's life. My

heart goes out to them. Good rugby player. He is. Lovely boy. Let us

hope that Ashya's treatment is as successful. Ical Ron, the brilliant

Miss Saigon is celebrating 2 #r5 years. It was in the West End, it

came back recently you describe it as statement staple. Why is that? Is

give us a bit of background for people who haven't seen it? That

remark came from the first time that the people who wrote it gave me the

demo. It was sung in French. I'm not particularly fluent in. Listening to

it and understanding the story, which is of course set in the

Vietnam War, end of the Vietnam War, of a disillusion soldier meeting a

bar girl who has to sell herself in order to live. They fall in love. It

gives him a reason to hope. They fall in love and then they get

separated by the terrible withdrawal of the Americans. And, it's what

happens to them and indeed he gets, he thinks she is dead much she

gets... He goes back to America, Maris an American girl. They come

and discover that he had a son. It is a tragic story of the greatest

human sacrifice, which is a mother and her child. When you talk about

the razor blade, is it going to work, is it not? It wasn't about

whether it was going to work. We were doing a major spectacular

musical. It's a rare musical. Like West Side Story and Billy Elliot,

based on a real story. It's about real people's lives. The story of

Miss Saigon is of many stories like that. Since we did it originally 25

years ago, now we are seeing in Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, the

Middle East, we could have set that story anywhere. That is one of the

reasons that the audience is much younger and completely in it. So

engaged? More emotionally powerful Not a dry eye in the house when that

production finishes, without giving it away. There is a gala performance

on Monday which 100,000 people applied for tickets for? I believe

so. In a few minutes. They all went. You have good news for hardcore

fans. We have some seats. We can put back on sale in the morning. I think

we have 100 seats or something like that left for anyone who still

really desperate can queue up at the Prince Edward Theatre. You can hear

it? You can. You have very good! It's going out on BBC Radio 2. By

the great and wonderful Michael Ball. Therefore, you know, everyone

in the country will be able to take part in the special evening which

I'm doing one of my special great finales. I'm so thrilled that

Jonathan Price will come back and join our wonderful stars and Simon

Bowman the original Chris. A word on people getting out to see theatre.

It feels like that regional theatre now is incredibly vibrant. Are you

finding that with your touring production. Barnum... Barnum opened

in Leicester last week. We got fantastic reviews. Brian Conley is

fantastic at Barnum. I wonder when he is finished with it, you might be

interested? Well, I would! A little birdie tells me that you started off

as a gymnast. I did? And an acrobat. I did. Has anyone a wire. We could

test you out. Right. Ah! There we go. Miss Saigon is on at the Prince

Edward Theatre NOW! There you go. There Is A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute!

I wonder who will sing that in Scotland tonight! Moving on. Thank

you, Cameron. The debate and arguments are almost over. Tomorrow,

people living in Scotland will finally cast their votes to make

that historic decision. Scottish independence, now that would make a

good musical, it's not dividing the country, it's dividing households

too! I want an independent Scotland. I want to remain part of the United

Kingdom. I think it's time that Scotland was in charge of its own

future. I want everyone, after the referendum, to be undivided. I'd

like Scotland to change for the better. I want Scotland to be its

own country. I think we are better together. We are the Andrew family

we are divided over the future of Scotland. Since the debates came

about, about the referendum, we have had just had to agree not to talk

about it in the house. It caused so many arguments. I feel Kenny and I

are fighting over hearts and minds of the kids. No getting away from

it. There is a definite tension in the air. Diane will agree with

everything that the Yes Campaign will say. I tend to have an opposite

opinion. So, I think the fact it comes into your living room it is

raising issues. If I ask a question about something, then they will have

different answers. That turns into an argument. I like arguing as much

as my mum. I support her in the Yes vote as well. I feel like, as a kid,

who will be growing up in an independent Scotland, it will affect

me. I need to speak out about it. Now, I feel there is more security

for young people and generation is to come in an independent Scotland

-- generations. I feel the level of risk associated with going

independent is too great. It's irreversible. I work in the defence

industry which benefits greatly from being part of a United Kingdom? He

has been made redundant once. He has been threatened with redundancy

number of times much it's not as if your job in the Clyde will be safe

with a No vote. If you vote Yes, it's permanent. Exactly. I'm leaning

towards No because, although it's not certain that my dad would lose

his job, I don't like the idea of risking that. I work for the NHS.

I'm an A receptionist. Le if we were independent the Government

would decide themselves what they want to spend the money on, we could

have a bigger budget. I'm a pensioner. I feel we have a pretty

good life as it is. I think that's the root of everything. What are we

changing for much we have everything. I like things the way

they are. Kenny ended up getting fed up with me posting all my Yes w

stuff on Facebook he unfriended me. She does post a lot of stuff, a LOT!

Campaign wise I would say the Yeses have won it. For a start, they have

been out for the last 18-months knocking on doors and you have had

the posters up. There has been much more presence. I would agree that

the Yes Campaign has certainly been more visible and more vocal. I think

there is an intimidation that goes with that. I feel. Personally. I

don't think so. Personally. As a family we will go on as we were

before. We won't hold grudges. We won't... That's the most important

thing. But for the record. Diane deleted me as her friend, I did not

delete here. He threatened to unfriend me. I got in there first.

Thank you to the Andrews family. Let's catch up with Nicky Campbell

who has been touring Scotland or 5 live. He began in Starbuck --

Stornoway and moved on to Aberdeen and Edinburgh. I imagine the

arguments will go on well into the night. Are we right? Do we have his

voice? Start again, we did not have your microphone turned up! Just as

well. Can you hear me? There are a lot of people want a lot of

microphones to be faded out because it has been a long campaign. I have

just done a debate which I go presented and we had a lot of yeses

and a lot of noes. A lot of placards. The best place for the

result is going to be on 5 live on Friday morning. I will be on from

5am. That is the best place to hear the result of this momentous

decision. It is historic because 16-year-olds are able to vote. How

exciting. It almost feels like Christmas Eve. We are the young

children waiting for the next day. It is a great opportunity. Fully

mature enough to make this decision. I remember the first time making

that cross, the power and importance. It is empowering. It is

an honour to be trusted. I am excited. I feel really excited about

tomorrow because for the first time young people are going to be able to

influence politics in Poland. It is fantastic knowing that this is such

a close call -- Scotland. Show your appreciation to these voters. There

is only one way to sort this out. Ready, steady, go! I have to say, it

is also my close to call. -- too close.

We will find out on Friday morning who has won.

Cameron has made some big gambles in his time and arguably he has taken

one by casting an unknown in the lead of Miss Saigon. This is her

first professional role. These welcome Eva Noblezada. Tell us your

story. What were you doing this time last year? I was in high school,

senior year. I was wondering what college I should go to. There is

this amazing competition that they might do in New York where it is

amazing events that Yorkies 's young talent and I was one of the

finalists and I was able to sing -- showcases young talent. The casting

director pulled me aside and said she had the perfect audition. I was

like, all right! How intimidating was it to audition in front of

Cameron? She was as cool as a cucumber. It was amazing. She is so

special. There you are. From that to the stage in London. At first it was

in a room with a lot of other people. I thought, I cannot believe

that someone who has not been on the stage before... Even though she was

the same age as the character, she had been a star since the age of

eight. She went on the stage and she looked so much at home. She was at

home. The gods of the theatre have been brilliant. We are going to

experience that. You are going to do your first live

performance on television this evening.

Another of Cameron's leading ladies is Elaine Paige, who starred in Cats

and became one of the biggest names in musical theatre. Where did you

get that from? How life began far from the glitz and glamour.

This is Barnet, Hertfordshire, Barnett High Street, and this is

where I was born and brought up. I used to live up there. My gosh! It

is just the same. It is tiny. This is bizarre. I remember this as a

huge long room. Over here, we had a radiogram and my mother loved Ella

Fitzgerald and Perry Como and Andy Williams, people like that, and this

is where I started to think that I could maybe... I used to like to

sing so I used to sing a lot with Ella Fitzgerald. Can you believe it?

My parents were wonderful people. My father was a drummer and he had his

own band. Every weekend he would go out on gigs. Good people, down to

earth, kind, funny, a wonderful sense of humour. This window, I

would spend hours staring out watching the world go by and that

plays over there, that used to be my mother's hat shop. At the end of the

school day I would usually, instead of coming here, I would go to the

hat shop. Up this there is. To my bedroom. -- the stairs. There is a

double bed in here, but I sure there's room with my sister. I

remember this view. You looked down over London. It twinkled. I remember

thinking it was like fairy land. When I was 11, we moved from Barnet

High Street here, to suburbia, east Barnet. My mother and I would watch

television programmes here. I can remember being inspired by Fred is

there and Ginger Rogers and those wonderful old movies of the time.

This was the beginnings of how I started to really find out about the

fact that I loved to sing. My parents had to give up a lot to send

me to drama school. Money was tight, and the fees were high, Saul there

was a lot of sacrifice on their part to give me that beginning and when I

started to get work, and usually quite well paid, even then, I think

they were thrilled and excited and they were always there for me. This

is the beautiful garden that was the pride and joy of both my parents. My

father, who was a good amateur photographer, or so he thought,

bless him, hung a sheet from this tree to this tree, so I remember

clearly standing here and pointing my right foot like this and going

like that. Being back here in this house after 50 years, it is my whole

life. It is my whole childhood. This is where my childhood ended and

where I left home and ventured out into the big wide world.

Memories. I will not even go there! This is the youth section who are

looking forward to performing. This is all other -- Oliver at the

Wyvern. This is from the brand-new Miss Saigon.

# And you should know it's love that brought you here

# And in one perfect night when the stars burned like new

# I'll give you a million things I'll never own

# I'll give you a world to conquer when you're grown

# You can choose whatever heaven grants

# As long as you can have your chance

# I swear I'll give my life for you

# Some nights I wake up reaching for him

# But there's just moonlight on my bed

# Then by my side the proof I see his little one

# You can choose whatever heaven grants

# As long as you can have your chance

# I swear I'll give my life for you! #

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