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Danny Southern enjoyed writing last weeks so much (and we enjoyed reading it) so he's written another...huzzah for that...

Soo… what happened on Monday? Let’s see… Well I can pretty confidently say that we’re defo amazing at act 1 (well, we are professionals after all). And we’ve all got to admit that we’re all little soldiers fighting in a war between drama and actual death-defying acts – Laura “Staggsy” Staggs has once again managed to wheedle her way into this weeks blog due to her ‘accidental’ foot…erm…accident. Amidst the pain we suffer for our art, the session was slick and smooth just like my hair after using Head and Shoulders. Kate (not the witchety hag one… well… no I’ll leave it at that) was awesome at playing Lizzie and fitting in with the narrator’s crew – and has managed to remember some of her epic monologue. What. A. Leg. The Princesses were, to put it in a Sharon Osbourne fashion – FABULOUS DARLING. Their characters just seem to bring the whole stage alive with the onslaught of witty words, snide suggestions and just general greatness in what they do. I have to mention also how Milly, Tilly and Lilly are shaping up – in a word… amazing. And, yes there’s an and, they remembered to stand diagonally. RESULT. I can see a bit of Danny Bell coming out in the play for some reason – I don’t quite know but I think it might have something to do with insane screams and running across the stage. Perhaps? Well, anyway, the cast seem to be doing an excellent job and the difference in Danny (who was missed last week) and Ross, and Sam and Tom’s characters are just brill. Each time one of them takes on the role it completely changes. And just a shout-out to Reg the Leg. And possibly, maybe Grendle and Kate (yes, the witchety hag this time) might just drop in for some *wise* words on Monday? Who knows, until we meet again and portray the amazing, the brilliant, the slightly odd Princess and the Pea. A-Thankyou.

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