We're off...

I don't think I have mentioned this, but I am in 'The Wizard of Oz', which opens this summer. We ran Act One yesterday and my goodness... I need to get to a gym! Playing the Scarecrow is great fun and the rest of the cast is superb, but we are all rather unfit and need to get to a gym ASAP. I thought I wasn't too bad, but when I couldn't sing the last verse of 'If I only had a brain' due to harsh panting, I knew something was wrong!

The show is a hoot, but the dialogue really is absolutely crap! The ending is so cheesy and we can't help but break into hysterics every time we do it. The Director is getting fed up of us corpsing, though, and has made a point of saying that he needs us to take it seriously. But when faced with a line from the Lion saying 'and I got a permanent just for the occasion' and Aunty Em saying 'But first, we gotta get you into bed', while all the farm hands are crowded round her, it's impossible not to catch someone's eye and have a giggle. Maybe we are just immature... or having too much fun?

Anyway, it's going to be a great show and the kid's will love it, I'm sure. Act Two today was dire, but it will get better when we stop laughing. Feel free to come and see it...