Don’t let the voices win

Like Minded Friends with Tom Allen & Suzi Ruffell

Comedy

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Comedians and dearest pals Tom Allen and Suzi Ruffell chat friendship, love, life, and culture... sometimes...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to like-minded friends with me Susie Ruffle.
0:21.8	And me, Tom Allen, good morning or whatever time of day you've chosen to listen to us.
0:26.3	Yes, indeed.
0:27.4	Now, Tom, of course, we're all, I mean, you know the community.
0:31.7	We love interior design.
0:34.7	Oh, interior design, yeah.
0:35.9	Also musical theatre.
0:37.1	Yeah, yeah. Talk us theatre. Yeah, yeah.
0:38.0	Talk us through.
0:56.6	How has it been? Because last time we spoke to you, it was the night before. The night before. Take us back. Let me tell you, it has been a whirlwind, an absolute whirlwind. Nervy? Nervy on the morning. Very, nervy on the morning. because prior to that, I'd only actually sung in front of my singing teacher,
1:11.2	who I was feeling very safe in front of. Thank you, Richard, for that. Thank you, Richard. Thank you, Richard. And then from thence, I went into the, we were rehearsing in the theatre. So it was, we had a lovely meet and greet, and then we sort of got down to business. And lovely resident director Louis, associate musical director, Geraint, and myself and Elaine from
1:20.3	stage management.
1:21.2	No.
1:21.5	Not Elaine Page, actually.
1:23.3	When they said Elaine's here, did you think?
1:25.6	She's calm.
1:45.5	No, it was not. But our name was wonderful. I'm sure, I'm sure. It seems right, isn't it, that you, that you're called Elaine and you work in the theatre? I think so. Pick Elaine. It's the Lane to the theatre. It's Drury Lane. It's Drury Lane. I must say that to her.
1:51.4	People should. But, well, we were sat there and then I had to do a singing warm-up, and I'd never done a singing warm-up from anyone else, and the cleaner came in with his Hoover.
1:54.0	Oh, no.
1:55.2	It sounded better.
1:58.2	Do you want to hear Henry's range?
2:02.3	It's been wonderful but intense
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