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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n\nAhead of the famous Rocky Horror Show live starting its stint at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre tonight we sat down with Paul Cattermole who has taken on the role of Eddie and Doctor Scott \u2013 played by legendary musician Meatloaf in the film \u2013 to talk about his experience of the cult classic. Paul originally found fame as a member of pop sensations S Club 7, who achieved four UK number-one singles, one UK number-one album and a string of hits across the globe before their split in 2003. Paul shot back into the limelight in 2015 with a nostalgic reunion tour with the group, before taking on his roles in The Rocky Horror Show and he did not find the transition between music to theatre easy.
\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy no, but it wasn\u2019t really hard. I have always enjoyed acting, I went to drama school, I was in the National Youth Music Theatre, and I\u2019ve been on the stage since I\u2019ve been fifteen. \u201cSince doing S Club, it sort of made me not know what I really want to do, and I\u2019ve been in a few rock bands before never necessarily with the intention of ever making it into a career just for the love of the music and that\u2019s the same with theatre. \u201cI had loads of coaching throughout the rehearsal stage, the director Chris Luscombe has just been so amazing with me because he was fully aware that I\u2019m not someone exclusively from the pop-industry that\u2019s going to be afraid of jumping in to the role but obviously I hadn\u2019t been in it for so long so I needed some encouragement.\u201d
\nThe Rocky Horror Show isn\u2019t simply a show, it\u2019s a full-blown experience and Paul was inspired by his first experience of his show to jump at the chance of being a part of the cast. \u201cWhen I first saw it live I genuinely thought it was one of the best nights out I had ever been to. It has such a rock and roll vibe mixed with such a funny storyline. When I last saw the show I hadn\u2019t seen it for ages and I\u2019d almost forgotten how many funny moments there are.
\nWhen approached by the show I really just fancied being any part, it was just something that I thought I could bring something to. I know I could never do it like Meatloaf, he\u2019s one of a kind, but I just thought I could do a good job on the part so I just went for it and hopefully it\u2019s going down well. The hardcore fanbase have seemed to really respond to what I do.\u201d When taking on his roles, Paul hopes he doesn\u2019t relate to them in anyway but like a true man of the stage \u2013 he is fully involved in his role at all times. \u201cEddie is sort of a fat slob, so I hope I don\u2019t relate to that! “Eddie is a rock and roll frontman created by the lead character Frank who regrets making him, so Eddie jumps out the fridge on stage and does a two minute rock show which is the opportunity to do what you want. He\u2019s a half-brained crazy man who apparently has no moral compass and that\u2019s fun.
\nWithin two minutes of a song you don\u2019t really have much opportunity to show yourself and the character but at least if you\u2019ve considered them they are there bleeding through in everything that you do\u201d Aside from the fun had from playing a character with no moral compass, Paul has also had a great deal of fun with his fellow castmates \u2013 such as Liam Tamne and Diana Vickers. \u201cThe cast are all so lovely, and well-experienced. I feel really comfortable when I\u2019m on stage that they\u2019re the people that have got my back. \u201cI\u2019ve gelled with quite a few members of the cast, I really get on with Liam (Tamne) and Diana Vickers – I wouldn\u2019t say we chat a lot but I get on with her great, she\u2019s amazing to work around. \u201cShe plays a great Janet and she\u2019s so funny, there\u2019s a couple of times where she is proper laugh out loud funny and she really makes Janet her own. It\u2019s amazing working with someone who is also from a pop background and for them to be really good at what they do, as sometimes there are people who come from our background that are not which is very frustrating. \u201cWe have a very experienced cast, Liam who plays Frank-N-Furter is amazing and Kristian (Lavercombe) who plays Riff Raff has been doing this for years he\u2019s done over a thousand shows.\u201d
\nFollowing this performance and the reunion tour of S Club 7 in 2015 \u2013 Paul has exciting things upon the horizon, but these do not involve his roots in pop music. \u201cI\u2019ve got nothing lined up but there\u2019s a couple of things on the horizon. One of the guys from Miami 7 has written a musical and he\u2019s sort of slightly hoping he can get me to be in it in the UK. \u201cIt\u2019s cool that things like that are happening and the future is taking place. It\u2019s so different from what I\u2019ve done in S Club. I\u2019m so proud of what I did with S Club, it may not be what I ultimately set out to do but I loved my time in the group and I would still love the opportunity to do some more things with the group but I think realistically S Club does not have the ability to do anything for long periods of time. \u201cWe can do one off things here and there I think but from what I\u2019m getting from the other guys we don\u2019t think a long thing would happen. \u201cWe didn\u2019t do any new music last year and I really wanted to, I was very vocal about this and I said we can\u2019t come back without new music and got completely over-ruled. \u201cIt\u2019s good to have that nostalgic feeling but ultimately it\u2019s important to be excited about the future.\u201d Blending the worlds of his music and theatre career, we decided what it would be like to cast the fellow S Clubbers in The Rocky Horror Show alongside Paul. \u201cJon (Lee) would have to be Brad, Hannah (Spearritt) can be Janet, Tina (Barrett) can be Magenta, Rachel (Stevens) can be Columbia although all the girls could easily be Janet and there\u2019s not enough girl parts. Brad (McIntosh) can be Frank, just so I can make him wear high heels and tights.
\nThe Rocky Horror Show will be at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from June 13 to June 18, find out more here.<\/p>\n