Tuesday
The opening night of West Side Story, and oh what fun was had. You knew when things are going to go pear shaped, when in the very first scene, one of the turns(you know the one he’s 8 foot tall) fell into the truck stage left, which sent it spiralling downstage.
The reds got caught in the truck on stage right, causing one of the gold tassels to be tied up around the castor, with no other option Andrew pulled out his knife and cut the curtain away from the truck with the precision of a surgeon(it’s a better job than my circumcision to be honest, have you seen the photos?)
Stage right also got the truck stuck over the front of the stage and couldn’t get it back on. Kay was told to hold the set in the middle of the stage with a piece of rope which came off in her hands, causing her to hold the trucks with her fore finger and thumb, what a grip!, all the boys in the crew were cringing at the thought of the damage she could cause!
Julia “I will crew all week” Kennedy, appeared on stage in the Mambo scene, in full costume and done the dance, unfortunately for her (the shows choreographer) she got it wrong and fair play she took some ribbing over it, but that’s what you get for training at the Stephen Hawkin School of Dance.
One of the cast didn’t take their mic on stage, and left it in the dressing room, where Gavs kids were, and in the quiet bit of the Mambo you could hear them talking and laughing, it was in a Puerto Rican accent though.
Overall not bad for an opening, night, and we were all in the bar by 10. Terry Lewis gave out some chocolate cake which Greg and Bubbles smeared all over each other. Dan Black will be jealous that he missed out on some homoerotic fun
Just a few questions
1.Will Andrew cut anymore curtain tonight?
2.Will Julia get the dance right?
3.Will Sam eat 6 pounds of sweets before the show again tonight?
4. Did Vicar Dave not know that Sarah Eveson was in the building, or did his restraining order prevent him from being there?
Good Luck tonight you mighty Pins….Officer Krapknee
