- So it begins …
- Black balloons and Monster mash
- Kenton and Fallon?
- Ambridge has gone ‘little black dress’ crazy!
- Panto *snort* moments #2
- Lynda forgives easily
- Harry wins again
- “Bonfire night was always one of Sid’s big nights”
- The Panto cast (so far) #2
So it begins …
The Panto rehearsals begin in earnest, with Lynda being very earnest indeed.
[Lynda] “So any questions, comments criticisms …”
[Nigel] “That’s very brave Lynda!”
[Lynda] “ … I was just joking”
I’m not sure why Lynda outs herself through this (almost) every year, as she gets so tense.
She’s stressed about Nigel having to leave early. Josh being late. Vicky being a bit dim.
[Lynda] “Oh dear. This will be Oscar’s first theatrical experiences and the highlights of Coriander’s stay”
Phew! That’s a lot to ask of a village Panton Lynda.
Maybe slim down those expectations a wee bit?
Black balloons and Monster mash
It must be Halloween at The Bull.
Jolene seems to be well and truly ‘perking’ up.
(sorry)
She refuses the hat and cloak, but is happy to don the gloves and glittery make-up.
Is our Jolene back for good?
Kenton and Fallon?
Just a passing thought, but Kenton does seem ever so keen to help with The Bull.
I know that might be because he wants to prove himself to Jamie.
Or that he might bump into Kathy (possibly)?
But you just never know with Kenton
Ambridge has gone ‘little black dress’ crazy!
Yesterday, Nigel was trying to get Elizabeth into hers.
Today it’s Fallon encouraging Jolene.
Panto *snort* moments #2
[Nigel] “I can stick the sausages in”
[Lynda] “Puts one sausage into each other of Idle jack’s hands”
[Vicky] “Waiting for one of them to get the pie in their face”
Lynda forgives easily
After Vicky being a bit of a bad mate when she sided with Brian over the Peregrines, I’d have thought Lynda would have given her the frosty treatment for weeks to come.
But all Vicky had to do was (a) be completely oblivious to Lynda being angry at her and (b) mention ’tactics’ in relation to the Panto.
Lynda was right in there!
Harry wins again
Despite Kenton making such an effort, and Frieda being in a “Simon Cowell mood”, Harry wins the prize for best costume.
Jazzer at least had a go (by splashing tomato sauce on his shirt … which actually could have just been because Jazzer hadn’t changed his shirt from the night before). And I actually think dressing as a Hammer Horror monster shows a great taste in horror film (hurrah to 1970s horrors, ya-booo to modern slasher ones).
After a deeply tense moment:
“If daylight doesn’t kill us, the suspense will…”
As per usual, it’s Harry who ‘wows’ the crowds. Jazzer seemingly said he looked:
“like a cross between Pete Docherty and a supply teacher he once locked in a stationery cupboard”
(Fallon “Well I think you look dreamy”. Oh for goodness sake Fallon – just ask him out for a cup of tea and an iced bun already!)
Quite surprised that Freda (the sole judge) chose Harry
“I think she’d more into knitting patterns than twilight books”,
Kenton was more concerned that Jamie hadn’t been at the party.
Ah, poor Kenton.
It’s a lesson learned very late in life, but he might have at last got the point that actions have consequences.
Especially the ones involving sex.
“Bonfire night was always one of Sid’s big nights”
Oh.
Maybe Jolene isn’t quite over Sid yet.
Are we going to remember the 5th of November?
The Panto cast (so far) #2
Jill: fairy beau bells
Vicky: Mrs Fitzwarren
Sabrina: Whittington’s cat
Nigel: Sarah the Cook (The Dame)
Harry: Idle Jack
Richard Thwaite: King Rat
Nathan Booth: Rate Henchman 1
Eddie: Rat Henchman 2
Jim: The Imperial Majesty
(but still no Dick or Alice!)
Robert and Neil constructing the sets
Daniel is helping with set and lighting
And Vicky is going to work on getting Mike to act (“It’s be great fun getting to play husband and wife”)
But still looking for two leading ladies …
Fallon? For
“A girl who can really belt out big numbers for the part of Dick”
Brenda as her lady love?
2 comments:
Hello Inga ! I love the panto story which could only be organised by bossy (but well meaning) high-pitched Lynda, but all the while I'm just itching to find out more about Mr too-good-to-be-true Harry.
That guy must surely have the most enormous skeleton lurking in his closet, hasn't he?
Hullo Hullo!
I agree - Harry can't be that perfect. I think Jazzer will take great delight in unmasking his secret (whatever it is).
And thrice hurrah for Panto! I missed it last year (damn Oscar for beign born and putting Lynda off of organising it).
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