<sod >And doing it under the fiercely attentive eye of Ricky Tomlinson, in the VIP seats not as the famous actor he became, but as the ex-plasterer jailed after the 1972 building workersâ strike.< eod>< sod > And doing it under the fiercely attentive eye of Ricky Tomlinson, sitting in theÂ  VIP seats not as the famous actor he became but as the ex-plasterer and union activist jailed after the 1972 building workers' strike.< eod>