RSC post-show-post 17/02/05 Gary Fannin will pay....oh yes...he will pay...
Me, Heather and Del met up for a wee half-term meet up and a chinwag. after spending almost two hours in hamleys *ahem* and thinking of ways to catch all the guys in cardboard boxes over pizza we made our steady way to the Criterion theatre in hope of an enjoyable evening. Sadly, for me, it was not to be....I made the mistake of agreeing with Dave at the box office that we should sit in the cheap, slightly restricted, seats at the front of the stalls in the hope that our dear Heather would be picked on as Simon has been threatening her with this for many weeks now...
The guys were great but I sensed something was wrong in the second half of the show when Gary gave me a weird look for whooping at "but i play all the women", as he hardly ever looks at me during a show, and my fears were soon becoming a reality as Gary had no intention of stopping to ask anyone in the audience as he walked round, and then Gary gave me a nice surprise when he bent down in front of me grabbed my arm and said to me and Del "you guys wanna do the ark don't you?!" totally ignoring heather as he didn't see her hiding behind us - aaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh! anyhoo, Del refused so he grabbed my wrist and more or less swung me onto the stage - where i stood there grinning with terror at Simon and Mikey - asked her again and then gave up and grabbed some other poor soul up onto the stage with me.
I never realised how bloody scary it was to be up there....i was shaking so much! Mikey said my "quacks" were a little on the quiet side, but i felt i was doing pretty well seeing as the first thing i wanted to do when i got thrown up there was run off the other side of the stage... But i was very pleased with my trout impression, especially afterwards when i got a massive round of applause and whoops from the girlies *looks smug*. All i could do for most of the time was look at Gary, the pretty lights on the dress circle, my shoes, and Simon (who was also looking at my shoes a couple of times, wondering why i was looking at them, and then i think he'd just noticed they were green you-know-what's) and occasionally exchanging nervous grins with the woman next to me who didn't know what she'd let herself in for.... i couldn't look at Mikey because when i did i almost started laughing because of the look on his face. i think i did pretty well, and eventually i got into it a bit more and was a bit louder by the end of it, and when i was finally allowed to go back to my seat i did a silly little nod of the head for a bow, and Mikey lovingly said "who the hell let you back in here?" as he showed me down the stairs.
I was soooooo glad to get off that stage afterwards but then sank into my seat when Simon grinned his evil little grin at me at the end of the show and me and my new friend got another round of applause as the guys all pointed at us. hoorah....
My only consolations were Mikey giving me a head-lock-hug when he came out at the stage door, and getting a rather nice view of both Simon and Gary's rear ends as they bent over the lovely picture Simon drew on the stage floor... *grin*...they didn't know about that though...tee hee!
oh well, i'd best be off....wow....very long post....haven't done one of those in a looong time..... feel free to laugh at my misfortune, Simon did....
byee!
The guys were great but I sensed something was wrong in the second half of the show when Gary gave me a weird look for whooping at "but i play all the women", as he hardly ever looks at me during a show, and my fears were soon becoming a reality as Gary had no intention of stopping to ask anyone in the audience as he walked round, and then Gary gave me a nice surprise when he bent down in front of me grabbed my arm and said to me and Del "you guys wanna do the ark don't you?!" totally ignoring heather as he didn't see her hiding behind us - aaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh! anyhoo, Del refused so he grabbed my wrist and more or less swung me onto the stage - where i stood there grinning with terror at Simon and Mikey - asked her again and then gave up and grabbed some other poor soul up onto the stage with me.
I never realised how bloody scary it was to be up there....i was shaking so much! Mikey said my "quacks" were a little on the quiet side, but i felt i was doing pretty well seeing as the first thing i wanted to do when i got thrown up there was run off the other side of the stage... But i was very pleased with my trout impression, especially afterwards when i got a massive round of applause and whoops from the girlies *looks smug*. All i could do for most of the time was look at Gary, the pretty lights on the dress circle, my shoes, and Simon (who was also looking at my shoes a couple of times, wondering why i was looking at them, and then i think he'd just noticed they were green you-know-what's) and occasionally exchanging nervous grins with the woman next to me who didn't know what she'd let herself in for.... i couldn't look at Mikey because when i did i almost started laughing because of the look on his face. i think i did pretty well, and eventually i got into it a bit more and was a bit louder by the end of it, and when i was finally allowed to go back to my seat i did a silly little nod of the head for a bow, and Mikey lovingly said "who the hell let you back in here?" as he showed me down the stairs.
I was soooooo glad to get off that stage afterwards but then sank into my seat when Simon grinned his evil little grin at me at the end of the show and me and my new friend got another round of applause as the guys all pointed at us. hoorah....
My only consolations were Mikey giving me a head-lock-hug when he came out at the stage door, and getting a rather nice view of both Simon and Gary's rear ends as they bent over the lovely picture Simon drew on the stage floor... *grin*...they didn't know about that though...tee hee!
oh well, i'd best be off....wow....very long post....haven't done one of those in a looong time..... feel free to laugh at my misfortune, Simon did....
byee!