I have survived show week ! It's like getting through a military campaign , Noel as the Artistic Director is the General ( a sort of beautiful female Winston Churchill, if that's possible !) I meanwhile , am the Arthor Lowe character , head of the home guard , keeping the home fires burning and painting my legs with gravey browning whilst looking out for enemy parachutist " They don't like it up 'em "..... sorry ! I think I got a little carried away there !!!
That's what show week does to you ,if you're not a little bit crackers before then the 6 months of build up to those 5 shows can test any one , and I wasn't even involved with putting on "Our House" a Madness extravaganza .
Noel has been directing shows for Encore Youth Theatre for over Ten years but has been marinating in thespian soup for over 30 years !!! Their shows are fantastic thanks to her incedibly strong support from her brigadiers .
My role as head of the Home guard is as much about listening to intelligence from the front , trying to rebuild moral and luckily not having to cook whale fritters as Noel is very good at planning our rations .
We now have Noel back on leave for 6 months nursing her trench foot and suffering flash backs ( more after show blues !) until the call up papers slip through the door and she gets that sparkle of battle fever in her eyes again.
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