A Well Deserved Standing Ovation

Well our run of Peter Pan has come to an end, and the last night ended with a standing ovation.  The first couple of performances were a bit hairy due to the cast and crew being unfamiliar with the set as we didn't know what we were going to be sent until we got it.  After that however, the performances were absolutely top notch.  The feedback and reviews were excellent.  One audience member posted on our theatre group's facebook page that it was much better than the West End musical he had seen the previous month.  That is high praise for a group that is largely amateur.

I have to say on a personal note that it's the best on stage set I've ever worked with, and I have been doing this over 20 years. It was the best main cast I've ever worked with as well.  Owen who played Hook was perfect, Peter Pan and Wendy Darling were sublime in their performances.  You look at the guy who played Smee, and you'd think 'why did they cast him?, but once he put that costume on and got into character I decided he's the best Smee you could possibly have.  Everything was so perfect you could be forgiven for thinking that we were on tour with this production. Maybe we should go on tour, but money will surely get in the way of that.

On an even more personal note, this was the first of hopefully many productions my 6 year son Jamie has been involved with.  It was merely a sequence where lots of young kids came down through the crowd dressed as pirates and fairies singing 'You Gotta Believe' to revive Tinkerbell.  I started off with something similar myself so it was quite a proud week for me. It pleased me to see that he really enjoyed it.  You can just tell he's hungry for more stage time.  In fact I'm just going to post some pictures I had taken of us backstage in the dressing rooms.  Enjoy.

Just before his matinee performance.

 In cast you're wondering why I'm wearing different war paint.  It's because I have worn different war paint for every single performance.
These two were from the two performances today.  Some of the designs were awesome.  I'll try to gather all of the photos and post them up.  Can't promise anything though.

Trying on my head dress after the show

Just before I was due to go onstage for the evening show