Third Show

Wow, tonight was the best show so far!

There were two main reasons for this - first, the cuts.

It is usual in Panto that, at the beginning of the run, the show goes for about four hours. This is partly because the actors are still a bit slow in responding to eachother's lines, partly because the scene changes are also a bit slow, partly because of technical hitches, and partly because there's just too much material in the script.

Quite a lot of cuts have been made over this weekend, including my only line in the whole show, and a dance number that we put a lot of effort into. Oh well, there had to be casualties. The result, however, is a faster-paced show which keeps the excitement level high.

The second reason why tonight was great is that the audience was fantastic! Apparently, besides our expected visitors, there were also a lot of MADC people out there - people who know how to be good Panto audience members. The booing was great - they were the first audience so far to boo during the singing competition at the end (booing your opponents is considered good form in Panto). They also nearly blew the roof off the tent when doing the call-backs with the Dame - awesome!

So we had all this great energy rolling off the audience, which made us more excited and energised too - I don't know who was having more fun, the audience or the cast.

Three cheers for the best show so far, and here's hoping the remaining twelve are just as fun.