‘We even performed it in front of the pope!’ – how we made Godspell

Religious groups didn't like Jesus wearing a Superman shirt or the lack of a resurrection. So we told them the curtain call was the resurrection - when Jesus runs on and takes a bow'

Godspell opened in London in November 1971 and ran at the same time as Jesus Christ Superstar. It was the Rolls-Royce to our Ford Fiesta. I was 23, had just left the Bristol Old Vic company and was auditioning for everything. There were 30 of us lined up along the stage for the audition. I was on the end and taller than everyone else. I knew the Americans loved a level chorus line so I kept trying to sink down. I'd already done a few musicals including The Boy Friend and Oh What a Lovely War. But I've always said I sing like an actor and dance like a duck.