He will present A Very Private Diary – Revisited at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, on September 9 and 10 as part of a UK tour.

Born of Welsh and Italian heritage, Spinetti sprang to fame as part of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be and Oh! What A Lovely War, for which he won a Tony Award. Spinetti has appeared in more than 30 films, including three alongside the Beatles – A Hard Day's Night, Help! and Magical Mystery Tour – as well as co-writing a play, In His Own Write, with John Lennon which appeared at the National Theatre in 1968.

Spinetti recounts tales of the great, the good and the not so good.

His intimate, revealing and funny stories involve Marlene Dietrich, Frank Sinatra, Princess Margaret, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sir John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, as well as the Fab Four.

Victor Spinetti is appearing at Eden Court.

A Very Private Diary first appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe in the late 1980s, transferring to London and subsequently touring worldwide. The production was directed by the late writer and broadcaster Ned Sherrin.

The 2008 "revisited" production is dedicated to Sherrin and coincides with the release of Spinetti's biography Up Front this autumn in paperback.

Both shows at Eden Court start at 8pm, with tickets priced at £12 (concessions £10). The box office number is 01463 234234 or visit the website at eden-court.co.uk

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