This week is show week for Calendar Girls and I am absolutely loving being part of this amazing production bringing the show to life for our audiences. We’ve had two performances so far and the feedback has been amazing, not to mention the huge buzz on stage from the audience cheers each time there’s a reveal in the big calendar scene.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed playing Annie. It’s been a very emotional and challenging part to play, but I hope that I’ve managed to do justice to the role. All the cast in this show are so talented and have done an amazing job at bringing their characters to life. I suspect there’s going to be quite a big post-show comedown after Saturday night but it will be worth it to have been part of this show.
What I’ve been grateful for this week:
- Day 290 – I am grateful for a lovely evening at the Questors Theatre seeing ‘The Gondoliers’.
- Day 291 – I am grateful for an exciting milestone moment for Sophie today – being fitted for her first pair of pointe shoes!
- Day 292 – I am grateful for the excitement of getting into the theatre for show week and having the band call.
- Day 293 – I am grateful for the support that Thomas gets at school and the way that his teacher has tailored rewards to be things that are meaningful for him. Today he was so excited coming out to tell me that he’d earned a ‘Redy’ (one of the ‘Colorball’ characters that he’s invented).
- Day 294 – I am grateful that Sophie enjoyed making her cake model of a cell for her Science homework and sharing it with her classmates.
- Day 295 – I am grateful for an amazing opening night for Calendar Girls and a wonderful audience. Well done everyone!
- Day 296 – I am grateful for the amazing audience reaction to the show.
Other things that have made me smile this week:
- Getting good news about an ongoing health concern with a close family member.
- Sophie spending time with her new high school friends at a birthday party and a get-together on the first day of half-term.
- A sunflower for Jessica in the middle of our show sunflower wall.
- Thomas creating a comic book on “How to earn a Redy” with tips such as “good listening”, “good sitting” and “finishing tasks”.
Joining in with Raisie Bay for Word of the Week.