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I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

Elizabeth Pena

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

Elizabeth Pena

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

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"I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. the nightmare is getting the work to happen." {Elizabeth Pena}

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

Elizabeth Pena

36 degrees, lounging by the pool with a double rum & coke, as a heard of elephants wonder up to the watering hole in front of us, for a quick mud bath in the heat of the midday sun! Sounds lovely doesn't it... that was a fortnight ago now and I'm already feeling like a need another break!! We had an absolutely fantastic time in South Africa - and we're already looking forward to getting back out there. I wont bore you with the details of our trip - I'll save that for the travel bloggers, but rest assured I loved it and had a much needed break! Now of course... it's the home straight on the approach to panto!

Just before we left for the southern hemisphere, I was back in Guildford for the panto press launch. It's a trip I never mind making, back into my beloved Guildford and the Yvonne Arnaud. All the familiar and friendly faces there to welcome you and share their excitement for the coming season... and the box of chocs and bottle of fizz are always a welcome sweetener.

First treat of the day for me was meeting up Worth Jamie Attle to see and try on his new "Buttons Creation" - my brilliant bright blue new costume. It's the traditional Buttons garb, with lots of silver buttons and a pill box hat! I have high waisted trousers and a cute pair of which gloves under my epaulets! it looked amazing - another job well done by Jamie A! As for footwear - well it's like slipping into a comfy old pair of shoes.... probably because they are! I'm wearing my Pongo 'Chealsea' boots from last year - Nice to have a bit of the ol' fool with me this year!

As everyone else filtered in, so followed lots of hugs, handshakes and chit-chat, checking in with friends old and new, before heading downstairs for the shoot. "Smile!" "Big Grins Please!" "Hold it there for just one more!" Muscle ache from the prolonged smiles are present on every face, except for our uglies, grimacing and gurning in an array of grotesque poses - "I do hope they don't stick like that!" - too late me thinks!! (Sorry Guys/Gals!)

We were also filmed doing a quick hello for the Arnaud's website and there was a "behind the scenes" video also

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

Elizabeth Pena

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

Elizabeth Pena

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

Elizabeth Pena

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen.

Elizabeth Pena

being made. We all disrobed, and headed up for a sarnie, a glass of wine and some more mingling. As fun as it all was there was of course work to be done - and so started the press call equivalent of speed dating... a number of journalists dotted around the room, and the actors circulating round them to complete their particular interview. Those present were as ever delightful and very easy to talk too - maybe the wine and sandwiches softened them up?!

Press launch day is very important to the theatre for obvious reasons. To have the support of local media is the most valuable tool in reaching the theatres public; interviews, photos and competitions will all be common place in the local newspapers over the next couple of months, as we try to drum up support and interest. But I think it is also important for the actors present.

I met Alice Baker and Tom Senior (our Cinders & Prince) for the first time, got reacquainted with Robert Maskell (Baron Hardup) after meeting once at our agents shindig and Will Breckin (Dandini), who was a couple of years below me at GSA. I also got to chat to the lovely Bonnie Langford again, after meeting her at the Arnauds COD two years ago and again after seeing her as the Lady of the lake in Spamalot. So... those introductions have been made - the first steps towards a tight-knit cast have been taken and now when we meet on day one of rehearsals, there will already be a feel a familiarity. Don't get me wrong I'm not expecting to be invited round to Bonnie's for Sunday lunch..... quite yet - but it does mean that when we start rehearsals we can hit the ground running. And it's now less than TWO WEEKS AWAY!

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