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",
Dame Edna Everage the sequel "Barry McKenzie Holds His Own", the Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam cameos at the close of the film to confer upon Edna the title of Dame, henceforth to be known as "Dame Edna". Following the lukewarm reception to Edna's early appearances in Humphries' 1969 stageshow "Just a Show" and the BBC television series "The Barry Humphries Scandals", a growing awareness and appreciation among British audiences for Edna emerged and Humphries devised a stage show titled "Edna Everage Housewife Superstar" which was successfully presented in London's West End in the mid-1970s. The show featured monologues, songs and what was