Movers and Shakers Live!

You can watch tonight

In London’s historic Middle Temple Hall, where Twelfth Night was first performed, another extraordinary drama will be staged tonight. Yes, it is really happening - the first live edition of Movers and Shakers, the hit podcast about living with Parkinson’s.

When “Judge” (now retired) Nick Mostyn first suggested we do a live show the other members of our anarchic collective - Paul Mayhew-Archer, Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Jeremy Paxman and me - told him he was bonkers. Mind you, we said the same thing about his original idea for a podcast. But that worked - once we had done a few practical things like hiring a brilliant producer Nick Hilton - and, fingers crossed, I think this is going to fly too.

I set up the ticketing site and, hey presto, we sold out within a day, so there is obviously a demand for a bit of a laugh and a bit of a moan about Parkinson’s, our formula when we record in the pub. The script for tonight is still being wriiten and rewritten on a shared document, questions of content and structure are being argued back and forth - it could be a triumph or a shambles.

And if you want to see how it goes it is being livestreamed from 7.45pm - just click here.