Dyeing for your Art

Hi readers, back again after yet another Thursday off! I must say Sound man's kids did him proud last week - well done to all involved.

From a production perspective, we have had some great news in terms of sponsorship (woo hoo!), Sound man has agreed to help with the publicity (another help for me), Chairman and I are really close to setting some time aside to look at the programme and we have the food pretty much sorted, so tickets can now be sold. I might give a spot prize to the person who sells the first ticket through Box Office.

So, last night was the night to finish the blocking, all of it, the whole show. There are some really meaty scenes in the last bit of the second half, with something for us all to get our teeth into.

As always, we had a couple of challenges, Miss Pross was poorly sick - Get well MP! Our usual suspects with their late arrivals due to work, courses and other hold ups (not hold ups that go on your legs, mind, that wouldn't be a reasonable excuse). Carton expected to be late after a work thing but actually did really very well and arrived long before expected, pleasing Director Guillotine no end.

To enable Miss Pross to go home and tuck herself up in bed with a hot toddy (or a hot body), Director Guillotine went through her scene first as she only has one in the last section of the show. After running through that a couple of times, she was sent home to avoid passing along any of her disgusting germs to any of the other cast members.

The rest of the blocking went well and Director Guillotine is delighted, as always, with us all (a big pat on your backs, lovely cast). Barsad looks suitably scared (fantastic facial expressions) in his scene with Carton and Mr Lorry is great to watch. Defarge is learning to hug me (his wife) without crushing me, somehow CJ from Reggie Perrin made an appearance (in 1789?), I bruised my knees, Evremonde and I had quite a bizarre conversation without saying anything and Lucie made everyone cry, including herself.

Seamstress and I have shown our devotion to the show and to Director Guillotine by removing our usual hair colour and replacing it with more muted tones and to once and for all prove that brunettes have more fun. Oh, except for what happens to us both....