So... The Jarvo had to be up and away early today! which gave me chance to get into the theatre and have a bit of brekkie! I've managed to to decorate the rest of my dressing room now too, so everyone seems to like that and the grottoish level of decoration. It's no wonder a previous director (Phillip Dart - Buxton 2011/12) called me "the gayest straight man he knew"... Especially with all the glitter, tinsel and cuddley toys in there. And of course the Panto tree is up... This year with new sparkly lights.
My mom and dad were down from Brum on Saturday too. They loved the show and said they were very proud which was a boost. Mom very kindly said that you wouldn't guess it was my first time as lead comic, doing the songsheet Sheet and they loved the song!! We went out for a delicious bit of dinner at Zizzi's afterwards and as ever had such a laugh... Usually at my dad's expense! They were a tad embarrassed I'd got the whole audience to wave and shout "hello mommy and daddy Buttons!"
So we had a bit of on stage hillarity over the weekend. Poor old Kit, whilst dressed in quite a restricting costume during the ball scene! completely stacked it going up the stairs. He crashed to the floor, with wig toppling off and the ensemble and PG (his 'sister') in hysterics. It was a nice moment for the audience to see and thankfully Kit was ok, if not a little bruised around the pride region. I couldn't resist adding "Hey Kitty! nice to see you back on your feet!" Which got a titter.
But he soon had his revenge... The following show, on leaving the stage, post their number, PG's wig fell off. Now.... My old chum PG, will openly admit, that he can't often hold it in when it comes to corpsing!! We both share that inability. He rushes off stage, tries to fix it, but has to appear in the next scene, searching in the woods. The sisters arrived laughing before they'd started their dialogue, and the audience soon joined in as they spotted PG's wig was on backwards and completely covering his face. Our woods scene went for nothing really because we were laughing so much. When it's time for a little bit of unexpected splash PG absolutely covered me, resulting in an off stage shout "it's not my fault ya wig fell off!" The audience seemed to like that!
Now As actors, we have to be ready to be occasionally upstaged. Whether it be by another actor, a prop or some misguided scenery - it happens, especially in Panto. Myself, Bonnie and Alice however are finding ourselves being upstaged quite frequently. Upstaged by ill timed ponies and their dolloping poop! They just can't seem to get on and off stage without leaving a parcel!! How thoughtful of them!! Suffice to stay with the combination of these little deposits and lots of dry ice it's becoming increasingly difficult to "mind your footing!" As I'm closest to them for the tableaux I'm getting very nervous about inadvertently finding their leavings!
Speaking of which I'd better go and check my boots!!
JB - BB
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