How Michael Ball fell in love with theatre, battled stage fright, and wrote it into his novel

Michael Ball has written a book called The Empire and he sat down with Holly Newson to chat about where he got his inspiration from. It comes back to his own career, experiences and the people he's met along the way. Listen to The Empire on Audible: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Empi... SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE 🔔: https://adbl.co/3fGaeSf About Audible UK: We Unleash The Power of The Spoken Word. Audible is the world’s largest producer and provider of spoken-word entertainment and audiobooks, and podcasts enriching the lives of our millions of listeners every day. Find Audible UK on: ➡️TWITTER: https://adbl.co/2y8B8Bo ➡️INSTAGRAM: hhttps://adbl.co/2Z25RuZ ➡️FACEBOOK: https://adbl.co/2Z25HDT Or visit our website: audible.co.uk Chapters: 00:00 Where is Michael Ball's novel based? 01:14 When did Michael Ball fall in love with the theatre? 03:32 Michael Ball turned his stage fright into a character in his novel 05:28 How Michael Ball chose his career 07:20 How Michael Ball is finding being an author 08:08 Michael Ball on his audiobook for The Empire 08:38 Michael Ball accents for his audiobook 09:42 Michael Ball second novel #michaelball #theempire #audible #musicaltheatre