The Gransnet Panto

Can I (hopefully) nominate supernana and butternut to write some beautiful prose to the mysterious girl who disappears at midnight?

I can't do it. My daughter gets married that day and we will be otherwise engaged. Dressing up, drinking, eating, making merry - Oh sounds like a panto!

I think you are excused, BurgundyGran! Lovely to have a wedding to look forward to. You must tell us all about it! Hope you've got a nice hat.

I think that I could play a part,
A love for panto's in my heart,
If I played the part of Cinders
I'd mop the floor and clean the winders (sic)

But if the Fairy Godmother I should be,
I'd wave my wand and sing with glee,
Creating horses from common mice,
And making Cinders look so nice.

An ugly sister? I'd love the chance!
To steal the tickets for the dance,
And tell that Cinders she can't attend,
She has to clean out the U bend!

The Prince? That I should aim so high!
To lead the dance and slap my thigh!
'Till midnight strikes upon the clock,
And Cinders has inflamed my heart

(Couldn't think of a rhyme there!)

Phoenix !

Phoenix

What?!?

Actually I'm a bit miffed as I did about three or four more verses,(sensible ones, well , ish) then the sodding computer went all hissy fit, I couldn't even c&P into a word doc to save it. Bugger. But you had probably had enough at that stage.

Phoenix

We want more Phoenix, we want more....
faye's earlier comment about falling asleep during the Christmas party immediately made me think of the dormouse in Alice in Wonderland

Oh Phoenix I've never read a stroppier post!! I could hear the stamping of the feet.

The rhymes are going oh so well
And suddenly descend to hell!
She's canvassing for every part
But then she seems to break her heart
And so the feet do stamp and hop
As Phoenix has a major strop.
I'm sure my dear you'll turn your hand to
Any role you're given in panto!

Em, that's brill!

I wish I had been able to save the post, i will have to hope it comes back to me, but for now I'm off to bed.

Night all.

I would be happy..please
to be given a part I could do with ease
Maybe a part as a little mouse
one of those who cleans Cinderella's house
Otherwise I might be found asleep
sitting behind my laptop in a heap
Waking up at a later date
feeling sad that I was too late
I love the thought of a pantomine
spoken in the Aussie strine!!!

I'd like to be a belle of St Trinians who gatecrashes the ball.

I'm a Belle of St Trinians
Got no time for the minions
Who do what they're told and are good

I'm bad to the core
Do you want to know more?
Well I don't really think that you should.

I wear what I want,
and go where I will
And do all the things others hate

So if you don't want me
To upset your party
You'd better put guards on the gate.

Love it but not sure I could manage any of my lines in poetic form but if you could. Could HQ help us preserve this artistic endeavour in some way?
Keep going Ladies the panto is anytime all day on 28th December - its Cinderella with as many twists and funky turns as we can.

Shall I do the costumes and make-up?

That would be great yogagran . Do you have access to industrial strength lycra and a trowel?

I could do the lighting if there is no one else to do it I have a powerful torch that could do the spotlight, but we need more than that any ideas anyone ?

I think that these days I'm better when underlit, tbh. Spotlights just tend to highlight the wrinkles.

If I keep on with the ciggies I could provide smoke effects for some scenes, but then the coughing might drown out the dialogue (or singing?)

On that note (pun!) who is going to be in charge of the song sheet with the bouncing ball thingy?

Let's gather round for Cinderella
We know she'll get her lovely fella.
But what about the Ugly Dames?
Suggestions for the sisters' names.

Rubella and Salmonella?

Annobel

Done!

yogagran if you are doing the costumes don't forget the IKEA dresses for the ugly sisters (not original but it makes me laugh) - you know, you only have to walk past and the drawers come off. Boom! Boom!

I think I''ll be Chlamydia the Ugly Sisters Uglier Sister.