It’s been a busy week

Apologies for the lack of activity here over the last while.  Between the laptop going off for repairs and the fact that I have just finished 7 straight days of the pantomime, I haven’t had much time to do anything else.

But I’m back now.

Panto is great, I’ve never claimed to be a pro actor, this is just a hobby for me.  Once a year I get to dress up, act the eejit and hopefully make people smile.

The great thing is that no matter how much fun the audience has watching it, it’s nothing compared to the fun the performers have off and back stage.  Sure we have fun on stage, but we’ve rehearsed it so many times that the jokes aren’t funny to us anymore.  The costumes and the make up are just uniform and even if we mess our lines, it can just seem to be part of the show.

Back stage we’re always plotting against each other to make our chosen victim laugh on stage, mess their lines or forget what to do.

Off stage and away from the theatre, we critique the show in the pub over a well earned drink.  We laugh about others’ mistakes, kick ourselves for the ones we made and congratulate each other for a job well done overall.

Then when the mood takes we go out to properly party, this is where all the real dirt is dished.

Now, I know my panto colleagues fairly well, but nothing sheds light on a person like spending a full week with them.  Acting, dancing and singing, then getting shit faced is a great way to find out what a person is like, and sometimes it shocks even me.

Here’s what I learned -

*     A certain member of the chorus, who we’ve known since she was knee high to us all (She’s 21 now, but still)  likes to get rimmed, and rim others.  There was also a hint of girl love, but that is as yet unconfirmed.

*     Another certain (but different) member of the chorus does a magnificent disappearing jug trick.  Bear in mind what site you’re reading this on and come to your own conclusion to what that is.  If you’re still a little slow, I’ll give you a mental image.  Her clunge can swallow up a water jug like a pelican swallowing a fish.  Gulp.

*     The stage manager loves it when a man dressed up as a woman gyrates against him.  He giggles like a giddy preteen  boyband fan with tingly unknown feelings.

*     The female lead was shocked to find out that a male principal was 18 and not 21 as she believed.  We reckon they did something that she feels a little dirty about now.  But she got hers, so it’s all good.

Ya gotta love panto.