Phill Jupitus 2009. In October 2009, Jupitus joined the West End theatre cast of "Hairspray", playing the role of Edna Turnblad at the Shaftesbury Theatre. He joined the 2011 tour of "Spamalot", playing the role of King Arthur. On 16 January 2015, Jupitus was confirmed as starring opposite Jason Manford in the 2015 tour of Mel Brooks' musical "The Producers". He will be portraying Franz Liebkind, until 16 May. He has since appeared in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" also alongside Jason Manford on a tour of the UK. From August 2008 he was the host of "The Times" football podcast "The Game",
Swan Turnblad 1890. Turnblad was very interested in new technology and was the first publisher of a Swedish language newspaper to use a Linotype machine. After acquiring a duplex rotary color printing press in 1903, Turnblad also included color illustrations. Under Turnblad's management circulation increased steadily, growing from just 1,400 in 1887 to 40,000 by 1900. In The success of "Svenska Amerikanska Posten" together with his other investments made Turnblad very wealthy. In 1903, Turnblad commissioned the building of a mansion on Park Avenue in Minneapolis. Turnblad had the Minneapolis firm of Boehme and Cordella design a Châteauesque-style 33-room mansion for him,