Wayne Sleep has lived an action-packed life among the great and the good of his generation. He danced with ballet legends Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, partied with Freddie Mercury, performed with Princess Diana, becoming her close friend, and found himself a much-loved household name when he moved into popular dance and took the starring role in the original production of Cats. Dame Ninette de Valois, founder of the Royal Ballet, described him as 'the greatest virtuoso dance...

'This is a terrific and very entertaining book considering Wayne once told me that he had never read past page seven of any book.' David HockneyWayne Sleep has danced with ballet legends Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, partied with Freddie Mercury and performed with Princess Diana, becoming her close friend.Behind the glitz and glamour, Wayne has always felt like an outsider. Sleep reveals the difficulties for a working-class, gay man in handlin...