Wilde at heart

Former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read's musical about Oscar Wilde was universally panned in 2004 when it opened in London's West End - and then closed after a single night. But that experience hasn't curbed Read's ambitions to take the show to New York. "I've been around long enough to know how it works in England," he tells the Independent. "There was no interest in Oscar until we had to close it because of the problems at the theatre. But once we closed I had three camera crews following me around. That experience is still raw but I'm very hopeful that we will get a run in New York. I have an awful lot of things going on."