Pantomime

Now I know summer is officially over - we had the first read through of the 2024 Panto this afternoon! A good turnout and there could be stiff competition for some of the parts. Technically, this was my second read through as a small group of us had read the original script much earlier in the year. The result of that was that it was felt a few amendments were required and so we had version 2.0 in front of us this afternoon.
It certainly has a good pace and a lot of very funny lines. Some - it has to be said - that might not be entirely suitable for a family audience, so we might be seeing version 2.1 by the time rehearsals start!
Not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but the script has been written by one our members - better known on here as fellow blipper dunkyc. I really don’t know where he found the time to tackle such a project, so richly deserved praise for coming up with such a polished product.
He also took it in very good humour when we started discussing whether or not the script was partly autobiographical. I mean, what else can you think when you read the line “oh how I wish I had a bigger chopper”?
It was explained that the line was relevant to the plot because our hero was a woodcutter, but I remain unconvinced…