Back On Your Feet [ROA:87/12]

Warning: Contains spoilers.

So I was really quite pleased about my third row seat tonight, right up until Goliath sat down in front of me…! The Orchard has a decent rake too and even that wasn’t enough to stop him very much getting in my way. It was even worse when he stood up at the end, but it was still better than being far away or worse, not being able to see Sam for whole sections of the show, so who’s complaining?! And it’s not like I missed the best (non-trouser related) thing to happen so far this run…

Picture the scene, we’re in the Mayor’s office, Hertz is doing his thing and goes to lean arrogantly against the desk as usual… Only the desk was evidently not where Vas was expecting it to be and he missed it completely. I mean, I shouldn’t laugh, because he ended up flat on the floor and it looked rather painful, but holy f*** it was the funniest f***ing thing…! I was in tears I was laughing so hard and the cast didn’t fare much better. Every time I thought they’d reined it in, one or more of them would corpse again and Vas in particular really struggled to keep it together. It was nothing short of magnificent! [Edit: I was still laughing uncontrollably when writing this up several days after the event… Sorry, Vas!]. And just in case that wasn’t enough, Kevin referenced it too, at the start of the eminent domain scene. He started with ‘you can’t just walk in here’ as usual, but then added ‘and anyway, you keep falling over’! It was beautiful!

And speaking of beautiful… Sam :P. A while back I noticed that he’d taken to fluffling Josh when he’s standing on the flight case in Wanted and tonight he did it to Ryan too. Only Ryan is a lot fluffier than Josh, something Stacee obviously picked up on because Sam muttered ‘curly hair’ after he did it. It seemed to give him a taste for it too, because when he left the restroom after I Wanna Know What Love Is, he fluffled Ryan again (instead of Saran, as she wasn’t there). I do love a good fluffle, even if it’s only vicarious.

Anyway, back to the flight case and Stacee’s first proper interaction with Sherrie. He always leans right into her at the beginning and today Sam also added a crude finger-through-a-hole movement right by her face. I’ve not noticed him doing that before, but it seemed to be a bit of a theme, because he wasn’t the only one. I got a bit distracted at one point by Ryan and Bobby, because they seemed to be having a sort of one-upmanship contest through posing and mime. There was a lot of muscle flexing (which sadly couldn’t be appropriately appreciated thanks to their puffy roadie jackets), but Ryan also did the finger-through-a-hole move. Of course, as I’ve told you before, when Bobby does something, he fully commits, so he copied Ryan’s move and then put his whole fist through… At times this production is pure filth, I love it :P.

On which note; I’m not sure if it was just my imagination, but Sam seemed extra touchy feely with Danielle in the restroom scene this evening. I don’t think there was anything specific that I can pinpoint, it was just a vibe, but it worked for me! As for Heat Of The Moment however, that was just off the scale. For one thing, Sam kept trying to tuck money into Danielle’s clothing and he’d obviously planned it because he kept retrieving more bills from his pocket! He wasn’t overly successful in his attempts but he did manage to get one into the waistband of her garter belt and another under one of the ropes across the top of her chest. Towards the end of the scene, she took her second bra off (the fancy red & black one she wears over the top) and I wasn’t really sure where she was going with that. Sam was kneeling on the floor at the time and happened to have his hands behind his back, so for half a second I entertained the possibility she was going to use it to tie him up. Obviously she didn’t, but it was a nice thought :P. I mean, I’m sure Stacee wouldn’t have minded…!

After Luke ran off and Danielle made to go after him, Sam grabbed hold of her ankle to stop her from leaving. I actually much prefer it when he physically restrains her, because it explains why she doesn’t just walk out then and there. Stacee is no longer her focus and I don’t really think words would be enough to swing her attention back to him at that point. Anyway, tonight he effectively stopped her in her tracks and once she’s halted he then took the opportunity to walk his fingers up her back (which I’ve seen him do before, without the preceding grab). I’m not sure which part of it was the final straw today, but Danielle really emphasised every part of ‘you asshole’ before she punched him, so it came across as though Sherrie was particularly mad at him.

So I have a bit more to say about Danielle in general, but before I get there I wanted to add a few things I couldn’t work out how to fit in to the rest of the post. First off; Stacee has started falling asleep on Dennis’ shoulder after his shenanigans in the restroom. Stacee tells Dennis to get rid of Sherrie, leans against him and just sorta passes out…! Kevin ends up prodding him to wake him up for the show, at which point Sam goes seamlessly into his ‘make some dreams happen’ speech and the whole thing works really well. Also, Rhiannon has a shiny new clipboard and I couldn’t help wondering if someone had to run out to the shops between shows to pick her up a replacement! The new one appears to be made of black plastic rather than the hardboard one she used to have and I imagine it’s a bit more durable, but even so, she opted not to bang it this evening! Finally, I’m not sure I’ve mentioned the ensemble curtain call before, but it’s always fun. They each have their own little thing they do for their solo bows, starting with Paris who does a flip. Ryan was up next in Josh’s spot and he made me giggle when he moved his hands as if he was going to do a flip too before doing something a bit more low key. Unfortunately I couldn’t see Bobby, thanks to Goliath, but he always makes me laugh. He changes it up quite a lot so I’m never sure what he’s going to come out with, but whatever he does, he’s always sassy as f*** and it’s brilliant!

So, Danielle… I can’t believe we’re saying goodbye to her already and it sucks. I’m sure I’ve mentioned plenty of times before how much I’ve adored watching her, but it’s always worth saying again. She’s wonderful both on and off stage and she will be very much missed. So much so that I might actually have to go and see her in panto. And she’s a girl! I mean that alone should speak volumes to anyone who knows me well! I nearly cried on at least three occasions this evening and there was something about the way she sang a few lines (at the start of Here I Go Again and another song later on) that really caught at my emotions. I’m not even sure what was different, but I thought she sounded even more amazing as a result.

Of course she had to go out on a high and she made one hell of an entrance for her bow. Luke came on as usual, but obviously didn’t know what she was up to because he seemed rather confused to find himself alone centre stage, then from the stage left wings came Danielle, driving her little tractor, drinking her slurpee and wearing some bright green guitar shaped sunglasses. She also had a bobbed wig on over the top of her hair, but I didn’t spot that detail until she stood up. It was really quite glorious! Anyway, she then took her bow and Adam gave her a bouquet of flowers and that may have been one of the times I nearly cried. I am really gonna miss that girl :(.

So stage door was a long one because, as several people warned us on their way out, Danielle was having a bit of a party, but the last train was pretty late, so I stuck it out til (nearly) the bitter end. On the plus there were a couple of other people waiting (the Danielle fan from earlier and a guy from the Netherlands) so I wasn’t on my own and the cast mostly left in dribs and drabs, so every so often there was someone new to talk to. Anyway, despite having been on, Ryan was still first out and looked like he was in a rush, so I didn’t like to delay him, but when I checked he assured me he was fine to sign my poster (even though he had a train to catch). So it is now boy complete, woo! He also mentioned that he’d spotted me in the audience, so I giddily told him how good it was to finally see him in stage!

I exchanged greetings with most of the cast as they left, even though I didn’t converse with all of them. Paris asked the three of us at stage door when we were in next, so I told her I’d see her in Sheffield. She added that Berlin was a bit far, but I admitted that I’ll be there too… I might be wrong about this, but I think I might be getting a reputation as a ‘Crazy’ again… Oops?! On which note, when Kevin was leaving he stopped outside Danielle’s dressing room to shout things through the window like an overexcited fanboy. It was really rather funny and I totally don’t do that, so I didn’t feel like he was making fun of me so it was fiiiiine… :P. Anyway, when Vas appeared I managed to check he was ok without laughing too much and he told me he was going home to ice his hip, poor thing! Later when I saw Andy, he told me he hadn’t even seen it, he just turned round to find Vas rolling around on the floor! I really do feel for him though and I hope he’s not too battered. Still, if it’s any consolation, it genuinely made my weekend!

So I had another lovely chat with Lucas when he popped out for a pre-departure cigarette. He was worried about last trains, so I assured him I’d checked and there were plenty, then went off on one about places where they don’t run their last trains on a Saturday night… Such as that time I went to Aylesbury for Millie and had to leave before the curtain call. We also talked about Danielle’s epic final entrance. He said he didn’t know what she was going to do, but for health and safety reasons, he had been warned she was going to do something. That then reminded me about his knee, so I checked on him. He assured me he was fine and it looked much worse than it was. Apparently it was just a friction burn from crawling around on the stage, but because it was bleeding, he had to cover it and since a plaster wouldn’t stick to his hairy legs, he had to bandage it. He was rather chuffed I’d noticed, I think.

I had a nice long chat with Alex too, which was particularly lovely as I hadn’t really expected him to stop for more than a quick greeting. It had got quite late by then and I’d obviously been there a while, so he asked if I was cold. Somewhat surprisingly, it wasn’t too bad, so I assured him I had enough layers on to keep me warm! I can’t quite recall where the conversation went from there, but I know I ended up telling him that I’d booked loads of tickets for this year to make the most of Sam before he leaves. I also explained that I still need to work out next year because I got carried away with this year and therefore hardly have anything booked so far. We also talked about Danielle leaving and how easy it is to get attached in such a short time. I admitted that I nearly cried tonight, even though I hadn’t really expected to get so emotional over it. Although to be fair, I also wasn’t expecting to get giddy over chatting to Alex, but I was all beamy after he left. He’s just so frickin’ cute, I absolutely adore him.

Anyway, I kinda forgot that the band always take forever on the last night in a venue, so after Sam and Danielle left, I gave up and went home, but I did see Drew, so at least I managed to add him to the poster collection. It was only when I was looking for a spot for him to sign though that I realised quite how low on space I am and there are still a fair few people missing… Maybe it’s not such a bad thing that Sam signed over one of the photos! And speaking of Sam… He and Danielle didn’t appear til 11ish, so I was hanging around for a while, but I wasn’t in a rush and at least I got to see them. I’m apparently now on hugging terms with Danielle now too, so that was fun. There was much hugging this evening in fact and I got hello and goodbye hugs from both of them. Although Danielle had her arms full of flowers and gifts and a helium balloon in the shape of a palm tree, so she wasn’t all that easy to hug…! Anyway, I ended up hanging around with Sam while she was talking to the other fans who’d been waiting (aside from a brief interlude when he jumped in for a photo with one of them), only we kinda didn’t say much at first and it was a bit awkward… But at the same time it wasn’t because we were kinda both just stood together waiting for her… Except more than half of the reason I was still there was because I was waiting for him… Sigh. Fortunately the awkward didn’t last long and the conversation sorted itself out eventually.

He asked how many times I’d been in this week so I told him four, after which he asked how many times I’m seeing the show in Sheffield, so I told him four again…! He commented that there’s generally a better crowd at the weekend, which I agreed with and then explained how I’d realised I could do the double on Friday with just a half day off, so it would have been rude not to come. I also told him how excited I am about seeing Josh as Drew, so he pointed out I’ll get to see Jodie too as she’ll be on by then. Of course, that’s true, but I’ve got the rest of the run to see Jodie, so it’s not quite as exciting in the same way… I hinted at that point without actually saying it by adding that I love understudy shows. I also mentioned that I’d only seen Ryan on stage for the first time today, so he commented that it was my first time seeing Sinead too… which to be fair is a very good point and I’d kinda forgotten… I really don’t pay attention to girls do I…?! Although on that note, he asked if I’d noticed all the differences in Hate Myself For Loving You (which is what he called it, which amused me, because I call it Heat Of The Moment, because that’s his bit… but anyway). I told him I’d seen a few, although at the time I’d already forgotten some of the things I’d noted down and could only recall his thing with the money. Still, whilst I obviously caught a few things that they’d changed up, he left me wondering if there was anything else I missed?! But I guess I’ll never know…

When Danielle was done talking to the others, I spoke to her for a bit too, or rather, I gushed at her for a bit. I told her how great she is, how much I’ve enjoyed watching her and how much I’ll miss her. By the end I felt a bit like Sherrie talking to Stacee…! I mean, what I actually said was ‘you’ve been amazing’, but it wasn’t too far off! Anyway, she kept saying how much she’s loved it, so I pointed out that you could tell and that’s a truly wonderful thing. I’ve always said that in most cases when I really fall for a show, the company tends to love it just as much as I do and that’s what makes it truly special.

Anyway, they headed off eventually and I finally headed home. I had a brilliant day and I was still pretty giddy by the time I got back, but all that said, it sucks having to start the goodbyes this early. Because it feels like we’ve only just started and yet it’s reminding me of the far bigger goodbyes to come. I don’t just mean Sam either, because the trouble is, I’ve said goodbye to too many shows now to be able to forget how it feels at the end. From the moment I realise ‘this is home’, there’s a little voice in my head that replies with ‘yes, but for how long?’. To be fair, I’m still pretty good at squashing that voice into a corner and I don’t think it really gets in the way of my happiness, but it’s always there and with every goodbye it gets a little bit louder… And I’ve only got two more weeks of Sam. Waaaaaah!

Peace, love and holding on,

K xx

PS. I’m still getting a fairly consistent number of hits on these posts and I’m also still a tad confused over where or rather who they’re coming from, especially since there are significantly more of them than I’d ever have expected to get on a regular basis. Not that I’m complaining, obviously. I love that people apparently want to read my ramblings and it also validates the amount of time and effort I have to put in to get these published, so that is very much appreciated too. And at least everyone still seems to be talking to me, so if any of my readers ARE in the company, apparently I’ve not got myself into too much trouble (yet).

PPS. On which note… No one attacked Sam’s trousers between shows. Sad times.

Cover Show! [ROA:86/11]

Warning: Contains spoilers.

So I woke up to the news that today I would finally get to see a cover show! Admittedly it was a girl cover (Sinead was on for Justice), so I figured I still wouldn’t get to see Ryan, but he mentioned last week that he’d be on at the Sheffield midweek matinee and it didn’t occur to me until yesterday that there’s only one midweek matinee, which is the one on Friday that I’m already going to, so yay! Only then the show started and the ensemble began to fill the stage and suddenly, there was Ryan! He was covering Josh’s track and having not seen a cover sheet anywhere (I found out about Sinead from twitter), I did have the briefest moment of panic over who he was on for… I was pretty sure Sam was in the building though, so I wasn’t too worried and as it turned out it was Josh himself that was off.

So I intentionally booked what I thought was as far off centre as I could get, only to sit down and find it wasn’t remotely far off centre. The trouble is, I’m getting to the point now where I feel a bit self-conscious sitting in such a conspicuous spot. Of course I still want to be at the front and it felt so good being back there tonight, but a little bit further off centre certainly wouldn’t hurt (especially if it means I’ve got a clear view of the Bourbon stage :P). It was a fairly rowdy audience though, so at least there was that and for the first time in a while I wasn’t the only one appropriately (and loudly) appreciating the band! The girls a couple of seats down from me were very into it too, it was just unfortunate they couldn’t quite handle the whole ‘clapping on the beat’ thing. And I though people clapping on the 1 and the 3 was annoying…!

Anyway, as I’m sure you’ve gathered, I was pretty excited about finally getting to see some understudies and they did not disappoint. Sinead’s Justice is totally different to Zoe’s and it was really cool getting to see another new interpretation of the character, especially now that I know this production fairly well. Waitress #1 doesn’t get to do much except for the one big belty bit in To Be With You and it was good to finally hear her spread her wings vocally. It also meant we had a few bumped up tracks; Saran was on for Waitress #1 (and sang it brilliantly; she’s got a great voice) and Paris covered Young Groupie, although obviously it wasn’t a straight swap. For some reason it wasn’t until the show actually started that it occurred to me they’d be a girl short, but needless to say, it made the ensemble scenes particularly interesting and apparently I know the show well enough now that I could pick up on most of the changes, even though they were girl-based changes :P.

And just in case the covers weren’t enough, it was also a wonderful start to the afternoon because something went wrong. Yay! Admittedly I didn’t actually see what happened, but Rhiannon did something to her clipboard when she was having a fit in the Mayor’s office and I think it snapped in half when she was banging it on the table? In any case, the paper went flying and both she and Vas cracked up, to the point that she really struggled to get ‘you won’t get away with this’ out with a straight face. As for the paper, that ended up on the floor and was retrieved by Ryan when he and Bobby came on as Stacee’s roadies. I watched them quite a bit more than usual today, because Ryan (yay!), and their shocked expressions when Bobby pulled the dildo out of Paris’ bag really tickled me.

It feels like I’ve waited forever to actually see Ryan on stage and I was really quite giddy about it finally happening. He’s an amazing dancer, which is not remotely surprising, and I loved watching him move. It certainly wasn’t just the novelty factor, or even the fluff (and holy f*** that boy is fluffy!!!), that kept my attention throughout the show. That stompy/clappy bit I love (when Dennis sings ‘I raise a toast to all of us’) was even better with Ryan involved, especially as he got really into it. He really seemed to love being on that stage and it made it such a joy to watch him. Although I did feel like I neglected Alex a bit because Ryan kept pulling my focus in ensemble scenes when I’d usually be watching him… In an odd way I kinda missed him afterwards, even though he was there the whole time… I’m weird.

Anyway, I spent a fair amount of time watching Ryan and Bobby fighting to keep the girls off of unconscious Stacee. Ryan was holding onto Paris and maybe it’s just because I know they’re good friends off stage, but they seemed to be having a lot of fun with it, which in turn made it more entertaining to watch. Also right near the beginning when Lonny mentioned the need for a love story and Bobby grabbed Ryan by the shirt, Ryan waggled his tongue at Bobby in response and I’m still really quite disappointed that they stop before they get too carried away :P. Although speaking of not getting carried away, someone kept shouting at Rhiannon and Andy when they had their not-a-kiss farewell scene. I’m not sure who it was, but a man somewhere behind me shouted at them to kiss, then added ‘with tongues’ and something else I didn’t catch, but I assume was a step up from French kissing. I was rather impressed that neither of them so much as smiled in response, although I imagine they’ve been heckled in that scene a few times before.

And continuing on the rather sad subject of no kisses… It’s official (in as much as I’ve not seen it since before Birmingham); Sam no longer snogs Kevin when Stacee arrives at the Bourbon, he just walks past him like he’s not even there. I’m quite sad about that one, even though I never quite worked out why I liked it so much in the first place. Maybe it’s just because it’s the only kissing Stacee actually gets to do? Although kissing them or not, he certainly makes his way through the girls, even if he only had one groupie sucking him off mid-show today. Admittedly I’m not sure why (I wasn’t paying sufficient attention to things that were not Stacee to know what else was going on on stage at the time), but Erin had to take one for the team and got him all to herself for that section (lucky thing :P). Also, on a not-so-different note, one thing that I’ve always found a little odd in this production is the lack of distinction that Young Groupie gets when she’s with Stacee. I felt like it was even less clear today given how distinctive Paris’ ensemble track jacket is and I suspect that if I didn’t know better I’d never have realised she was supposed to be the same person as the little school girl with the teddy bear who pops up later on when Stacee doesn’t sing Renegade (not bitter… :P). Although while I’m talking about Stacee and Young Groupie getting it on, I half caught Sam’s eye over Paris’ chest in the middle of that scene this afternoon and that was just a little bit weird…!

Anyway, back on to slightly safer ground; I was trying to make the most of Danielle today, before it’s too late (*sniffle*) and as such I fleetingly kept my eyes on her after Stacee pushed past her in Wanted. I was aware that he pushed her away by her face and always sort of assumed she would be a bit put out by that. It’s a rather degrading thing for him to do after all and besides, he’s pushing her out of the way, but I should really have known better. Of course she’s not upset, he’s Stacee Jaxx! Instead, after he passes her, she raises her hands to cup her own cheek and says wonderingly ‘he touched my face’! You know; I really do feel right at home at the Bourbon in that scene! Also, I’m not sure if it’s possible this has happened before and I just couldn’t hear it or if it was new, but when Danielle draped herself seductively over the inside of the open stall door in the restroom, she told Sam to ‘come on’, who replied with a ‘yeah, baby’ as he joined her.

So I actually got a bit choked up over the start of More Than Words this afternoon and I hadn’t even watched her video yet (see below). I’m really going to miss Danielle and her take on Sherrie. She’s been brilliant and I’ve loved watching her develop the character, even though it’s only been a few months. One thing in particular I’ve been appreciating this week is her manner with Alex outside the Venus. I love how she starts off simpering at him a bit, like she’s genuinely flattered, right up until she says ‘two for one lap dance’ and her tone shifts from sugary to sharp in an instant. She’s no fool, our Sherrie, despite her naivety at the beginning. Anyway, while I’m on the subject, I like the way Alex grabs her hand when she takes his card. I mean I say ‘like’, it’s a total dick move, but in the context, it works well and there’s just something about it that I really like… Or maybe I just like watching Alex being assertive, even if he’s being a douche at the time :P. Although speaking of assertive; I often find myself watching the pair of them in the Venus just before that scene, mostly because the choreography is so provocative, I find it oddly captivating. Maybe Danielle feels the same, because after she climbed off of Alex’s lap she leaned down and planted a kiss right on his mouth. I might be wrong, but I’m pretty sure she doesn’t usually do that?! It was certainly different anyway, so I got a kick out of it. I kinda half caught Danielle’s eye when she stood up too, so I figured she’d probably realised I was watching them, but who knows what my expression was like at the time. Probably a beaming grin, if past experience is anything to go by!

And I seem to back on the subject of kissing again… So on that note, I happened to be watching Bobby at the end of Hit Me With Your Best Shot and as he was leaving the stage, he blew a kiss at Vas. I imagine that’s standard behaviour, but I’ve not seen it before and it made me giggle. The audience decided to turn Hertz into a panto villain today too and kept booing him, so it was even funnier in that context. In fact, after all the booing, Vas gave the audience the finger when he left at the end of Hit Me. Although for the record, a precedent had been set for that earlier in the afternoon; Kevin also flipped us off after we sympathised with Lonny following Dennis’ dismissal.

Back to our villain and when Vas tried to leave on his little digger in the Final Countdown, the thing wouldn’t start on his first attempt and he was not impressed at all. I’m not actually sure if it was genuine of just Vas messing around, but either way it made me chuckle. Not that it was the only potential technical hitch this afternoon: There was another missing narratoring follow spot. Lucas had to call for his spotlight for Stacee’s introduction and whilst normally I love a missed cue, it distracted me from appreciating Sam’s hip rotation, so I was slightly miffed :P.

So unfortunately I don’t have a trouser updates today… unless someone sneaks into Sam’s dressing room with a pair of scissors between shows… Not that I’m condoning vandalism… Obviously… *looks shifty*. Instead however, I can offer you an update on Lucas’. He’s got some pretty massive holes in his trousers (far superior to Sam’s on that front) and at some point fairly early on he did something I didn’t see that resulted in a bloody knee. When he next appeared he had a bandage wrapped around it, but he seemed ok, so I wasn’t too worried. Continuing on the trouser theme however, he forgot to do up his fly at one point, so that was fun, then when he was at the sound desk in Drew’s set, he was completely oblivious to what was going on in the room as he was far too busy holding his waistband out as far as it would go and staring down at himself. I shall leave it to the reader to decide what exactly he was so captivated by… :P.

Lucas did seem to be having some fun today though and he got to stretch his improv skills a bit more than usual too. It would appear that as soon as the final note of Here I Go rang out, some people were on their feet, so Lucas chattered at them a bit, telling them goodbye before he finished the scene properly. Also he added a bit of an Irish jig to the end of his slow claps dance today. I’ve definitely seen him do that once before, maybe at the start of the week in Birmingham, but it’s a rare treat! Incidentally, napkins were apparently also a rare treat; he’s started throwing a huge bundle of toilet paper at his victims now instead :P.

Of course, he still hands out a rose during the curtain call and this afternoon that meant he was a little late back and ended up face to face with Luke & Danielle when they came on for their bow. He dealt with this by first bowing to them, quite formally I might add, then nipping between the two of them to get to the back of the stage. It was brilliantly funny, I f***ing love him! Plus he grinned at me during the curtain call, so that helps :P. Not that he was the only one, Ryan and Danielle also smiled at me, so yay. Also, Danielle and Bobby both pretended to burn themselves on Luke when he was doing his big belty thing at end, although naturally Bobby fully committed to the mime and made my grin even wider in the process.

So stage door went pretty well. I didn’t see Sam, but did finally catch up with Lucas when he popped out for a cigarette, so that was rather lovely. They were having a surprise leaving party for Danielle, so I wasn’t sure how many of them would be out, but I saw a lot more of them than I expected. I had my poster with me and thankfully it wasn’t raining, so I asked everyone to sign who hadn’t done it already. I’ve now got all the girls except Zoe and all the boys except Ryan, but none of the band except Elliot, so I’ve got some serious work to do there. Admittedly I did see Marc, but he was rushing to get to his car before the parking ran out, so naturally I didn’t stop him. I have to say though, I got some really lovely comments about my design and I was just a bit thrilled. Several of them even said it was better than the official ones! And yes I made it purely for myself because I wanted something for my wall and there was no acceptable official alternative, but still, I put a lot of work into it and I’m proud of what I made, so to hear so many nice things from the cast was awesome. Anyway, much as I’d have loved to get one printed for Danielle as a leaving present after what she said on Thursday, I just didn’t have the time, so I sent her a digital copy instead. I’ve got no idea if she’ll do anything with it, but I mentioned to a few of them that she had it if they wanted a copy, so who knows, maybe it’ll end up on another wall somewhere too, which would be pretty darn cool.

So after spending half the year at the barricade, where half the cast still don’t know who I am, I’d kinda forgotten about the stage door turning point; That point when you’ve only really said passing hellos to people before, but you’ve been there so much that they suddenly start treating you like part of the furniture. Note: This is a good thing! I mean I’ve never really spoken to most of the girls (shocker, I know), but when I was stopping them for autographs today, I ended up chatting to some of them like we’ve been on chatting terms for ages. Plus Saran complimented me on my hair colour, so I like her now :P. Seriously though, I’m not sure I’ve ever really spoken to Adam properly before either and today we had a lovely long chat. I think he was on ‘keep Danielle away until we’re ready for her’ duty, so while she was talking to people at SD, he hung around with me.

For obvious reasons one of the main topics of conversation today was understudies and forthcoming cast changes (there are a couple of special guests for Berlin, so that’ll be exciting!). I gathered from what Rhiannon was saying to someone else that on eight show weeks, she gets a Sherrie show. She’s also doing the beginning of the week in Sheffield while Jodie gets up to speed (Jodie sat in on rehearsals back before the tour started, but hasn’t been properly rehearsed in yet), but what I hadn’t twigged until Adam mentioned it is that the reason Ryan will be on next Friday matinee is because Josh will be on for Drew! Obviously I was rather excited about that and mentioned in passing that I’d seen Josh as Judas. That then lead to a conversation about the JCS arena tour on which Lucas was cover Judas, because it turns out Adam was on that too (and covered Annas, although apparently they never went on together). So since I didn’t know him prior to this, I hadn’t even realised Adam was in that, but still admitted that I used to watch that DVD a lot back when I first started following Lucas. I’ll need to watch it again now though :P.

Of course I saw Danielle too and my goal for the day was to get a photo with her as I don’t have one yet and I’ve really rather run out of time. I was still hanging around with Adam when she came over too, so he kindly stepped up to play photographer. I do need to get pics with the rest of the cast at some point too, but I’m saving that for my next mission, once I’ve stopped lugging the poster around. Anyway, as I said, I also finally saw Lucas and as it turns out, I hadn’t told him I’m coming to Berlin… oops! I’m not sure how I managed that oversight, but he knows now so we chatted about that a little. I told him that I’m trying to keep some time back for sightseeing, but that I’ve still got my eye on another ticket. Obviously he’s not sure how much time he’ll have to see the city, but he’s been told to go to something, which I have since forgotten the name of and he had no idea what it meant either. I did suggest that he googles it before he goes rather than walking up to a local when he’s there and just saying the word to them, but whether he takes that advice is another matter :P.

I waited a little longer after that in hopes that some of the band might appear, but I’d been passing the time chatting to a Danielle fan and once she left, I lost interest and ended up departing in search of food. I’d intended to find a coffee shop and settle down for a panini, only I forgot that outside London NOTHING IS OPEN, so I eventually gave up on plan A and bought a large portion of not very nice chips from a fried chicken shop instead… I then headed back to the theatre for a much needed cuppa, only I was sat there for about 10 minutes before the cafe opened and the bar doesn’t serve tea… :/. Although on the plus, I’m broke and the whole lot cost me less than a panini would have done, so… win?

And speaking of winning; Danielle (and Sam) posted this lovely video, which I watched in parts on instagram during the interval and I couldn’t not share it…

Peace, love and turning points,
K xx

Go Long [ROA:84/9]

Warning: Contains spoilers.

So inkeeping with what is apparently becoming tradition, my train was delayed, which rather sucked as I’d intended to get there early enough to pick up some tickets for Saturday without fees. Fortunately the lovely lady at the box office agreed to sell them to me anyway, only it turns out the Orchard charges fees even when buying directly from the box office (f***ers), so it didn’t make a bloody difference and I was in a flap for nothing. On the plus, the extra stalls seats that they released at some point this afternoon were still available and at least I didn’t lose out by booking them in person rather than online before I left the office. And it means I’ve got front row for the matinee (I opted for as off centre as I could get so Lucas doesn’t feel obligated to pick on me – I’ve had my turns, it’s only fair) and third row for the evening (on my new favourite side), which is a marked improvement from the overpriced restricted view ones I’ve been looking at buying for weeks.

On that note, tonight was my first non-front row seat of the tour and it was weird and wrong and I didn’t like it at all :(. I hated being so far away and there was something about the way they’d put the stage together that made me feel almost cut off from it. It had been extended to cover the pit, but obviously that part wasn’t used except for when Lucas and Rhiannon interacted with the audience and there was something about the line between the two and the haze on stage that made it feel almost like they were behind a screen. Still, there was certainly something to be said for being higher up and it was quite the novelty being able to see beyond the front line. Naturally Cum On Feel The Noize was particularly fun…!

The Orchard is obviously larger than the last couple of venues and as such, the staging has gone back to normal, which on the one hand means my restricted view on Thursday is going to suck every time Sam is on the scaffolding at the side, but on the other meant he was hanging on to the bar above his head again tonight and I am really quite fond of that. He knocked his hat off right near the beginning too and it ended up on the floor, so that was fun. Also, while I’m on the subject of headgear, something went a bit wrong with his bandana at the end of Heat Of The Moment and the bit that’s usually folded over the front and tucked underneath kinda flipped up; it looked ridiculous and I couldn’t stop laughing :P. Still, what I know you’re all really waiting to hear about is the state of his trousers and I shan’t keep you in suspense any longer. Not only has the thread snapped, but he’s ripped them right down to his knee! The fabric was gaping open the whole night and It. Was. Magical. I don’t know what I did to deserve this gift, but I assure you I am thanking the stagey gods for it!

So Sam has cut back on the weirdness with Constance since last time (for the record this occurred prior to me publishing my thoughts on the subject!) and now he just sniffs her from navel to chest before heading over to the bar. It’s far better in my opinion, and worth giving up the trembling arms for. Although on that note… Sam has arms. And I’m sure he didn’t used to, at least not to the same extent…? In any case (mostly unrelated to the arms), I ended up doing my best impression of a Dali clock over the wall of the circle during Wanted Dead Or Alive. It’s crazy; no matter how many times I see it, it doesn’t seem to affect me any less. I totally frickin’ melt every single time. Although despite a serious case of Stacee-vision, I still somehow managed to spot Bobby throwing up his arms in celebration after catching the dictaphone Sam tossed to him. I can only assume it’s because I was subconsciously looking out for it after a recent twitter exchange between the two of them caught my attention and made me chuckle.

It started when Bobby tweeted:

Every day during Dead or Alive @rockofagesuk I imagine this @NFLUK scenario… @samferriday has the dictaphone…gives the eyes and fakes out @erinbell123 …he goes long to @bobalus with the dictaphone….he’s wide open…TOUCHDOWN ARSENAL…the celebration is a 3 minute song

Then later on added:

Another touchdown pass in the matinee of @rockofagesuk from @samferriday

Which prompted the following conversation:

Sam: are we going for the two point conversion next time??? #howfarcanwego
Bobby: I’m worried @erinbell123 is gonna run a blitz defence and you’ll get sacked
Sam: I don’t think Stacee would mind that all too much I, however want the points!!!

And entertained me sufficiently that I decided to immortalise it here, despite the fact I know f*** all about American football.

So I’ve mentioned a few times that I get a kick (seamless segue, right?!) out of the occasional late follow spot, but tonight was just ridiculous! I mean I genuinely wondered if it was the kid’s first night on the job. Don’t get me wrong, I find it hilarious, but it certainly left Lucas with his narratoring work cut out for him. He had to outright ask for it at the beginning, then during Too Much Time they had it on Lucas instead of Kevin, despite the fact Kevin was singing and Lucas was just sat at the table listening to him. Lucas fixed it by looking up at the operator while pointing none to subtly at Kevin. By the end of the act he’d obviously given up and rather than gamble on it, he just told them to keep the light on him before he propositioned his victim in the front row.

Continuing on my favourite subject of f*** ups (actually that’s a lie, my favourite subject is obviously Sam’s trousers, but this is a close second), Kevin actually sang the wrong part today…! Well ok not quite, but he slightly fluffed the words and if ever there was a time for such things…! It couldn’t have been more perfect. It really made me laugh when Lucas then said ‘well yes…’. There was also an incident later on with the door to the Bourbon. I’m not actually sure when it’s supposed to come off, but it’s certainly not meant to still be there when the Kleinmans introduce Dennis to the concept of eminent domain. I’d wondered how they’d deal with it given that Hertz is supposed to leave the room so Franz can nip back for his Falco bit and his exit is tightly choreographed. They both goose-step together and then march towards the wings, which takes Hertz off stage, only he’s supposed to be leaving the bar and the move would have taken him straight past the inside of the door… Not that it would have been a disaster, but I was still intrigued and rightly so because they did deal with it. As Vas reached the door, it was pulled off stage along with him and they exited together.

So I think I’ve already established that I think Luke’s Drew is frickin’ adorable, but he’s particularly cute in his early interactions with Sherrie. I love how possessive he gets over her when Dennis offers her the job and she hugs him, but then it’s just as cute when Kevin teases him about it, poking him mercilessly when Luke gets in between them. I’ve also noticed Kevin and Lucas making crude hand movements at each other in reference to the pair of them in the immediate aftermath. Not that Drew is all sweetness and light; he still checks out her arse with the rest of them when she bends to pick up the lucky penny, even if he does look adorably self conscious when she turns back round and he pretends he wasn’t looking. He does the same thing when she bends over to get the picnic blanket at the start of their date too. Although on that note, she’s very cute over him as well. I watched Danielle quite a lot in I Wanna Rock today and other than questioning ‘where did they come from?’ when the dancers first appeared, she kinda followed him around the stage, rocking along with him and looking utterly smitten.

On a totally different note, tonight was the first time I’ve heard Rhiannon pronounce ‘Doheny’ the way I’m used to (doh-heeny as opposed to doh-eny). I’ve got no idea what prompted the change, but I’d kinda got used to it, so it jumped out at me when she changed it tonight. Interestingly however, it was only when I googled it to check the spelling that I realised La Cienega & Doheny are streets and not bars/restaurants as I’d originally assumed (without ever having given it any real thought). Learn something new… Anyway, since I’m talking about Regina, I’m also going to mention my favourite little trio of backing protestors. I love the way she’s always dragging responses from them; reprimanding them when they don’t join in with one of her ‘we’re not gonna take it’ choruses until they tiredly sing along with her or glaring at them until they give her a half-hearted ‘yeah’ in response to her ‘power to the proletariat’. It’s brilliant how easily Rhiannon can flit between the intimidating revolutionary and the painfully awkward girl she turns into around Franz. On which note, their reunion keeps getting cuter; the other day Rhiannon held up her hand for a high five, but today she just threw her arms around Andy. Also, I only noticed this recently, but immediately after that Vas beckons to her, so she walks over to him and holds out her hand for him to shake in a ‘no hard feelings’ sort of manner. Only as soon as she gets within reach, he grabs hold of her hand and pulls her into a bear hug!

So there’s something I’ve been meaning to mention for a while and it was only tonight when it didn’t happen that I finally remembered to record it. Usually when Justice tells Stacee ‘no touching, be respectful’ she points at him and Stacee being Stacee totally ignores everything she’s just said and leans down in an attempt to lick her finger tip. Only Zoe didn’t point tonight, so there was no licking or even attempted licking. Sad times. Also, I had another note from the show that was simply ‘yes’ only I couldn’t remember what it was about. After much consideration, my best guess is that what I was referring to was Stacee’s reaction after Justice sends him off with ‘Misty’. I might be wrong, but I’m pretty sure there was an audible ‘yes’ from Sam as he followed Danielle to the ‘Champagne Room’ tonight. He’s very good at winding her up though; he calls her Rachel in the middle of that scene too; when she’s straddling his chest and torturing his nipples… In case you were wondering.

Back to Zoe for a moment and I really love the way she mimes Sherrie punching Stacee when she’s talking to Luke outside the Venus. She gets quite into her little mime until Luke pulls her out of it, doubting what she’s saying. Also, I was watching her a lot at the start of Every Rose and she was so emotional before she started singing. There was so much pain in her story about Edgar; you couldn’t help feeling for her. And talking of emotional; I had a real pang today in High Enough. I missed the way Drew and Sherrie used to stand next to each other at the front and he would reach towards her hand only for her to move away. I don’t think it really registered as one of the things that were gone at the start of the tour, but today I really missed it.

It was a quiet audience this evening, but I suppose that’s not unexpected for a Tuesday, even though it was fairly full. I booked quite late (after the tour had already started) so the main stalls section was full and I had to improvise. I would have booked the dress circle slips seat closest to the stage (also known as my Nick seat), but the stage left ones weren’t on sale and I was worried I’d miss too much of Stacee from stage right, so in the end I booked the seat at the auditorium end of the stage left slips instead. Only no one else booked slips seats at all and I was all by myself. I mean, there were plenty of people across the aisle from me, but when I was turned to face the stage, they may as well not have existed. I felt very much on my own and as such I chickened out of cheering for the band… I’m so sorry. I hated myself for it after, but I’m shy and Birmingham was hard enough, I just couldn’t face it… but I should have been stronger and pushed through the fear. I let them down, I let everyone down, I let myself down.

To add insult to injury, it was pouring when I left the theatre and I forgot to bring my umbrella. I did go round to stage door anyway, but once I was done jotting down blog notes and checking train times, I decided I was being ridiculous and left. I did see Adam while I was dithering and said a passing hello, but that was it. Shocking. Although to be fair, a big part of my decision was because I didn’t want any of the company to feel like they had to stand out in the rain to talk to me either, but even so. I can’t quite process the fact that I left without seeing Sam of my own free will.

Of course the thing about not waiting for the last stragglers is that you end up leaving around the same time as they do. I thought I saw Ryan on the platform, but wasn’t sure and didn’t like to intrude anyway. Only then Bobby, Erin & Saran turned up…! I said an awkward hi to the group, but kept my distance for the same reason I didn’t speak to Ryan. Obviously they didn’t have that problem and when they realised it was him, they went over to join him. Meanwhile, I apparently decided that to make up for not talking to anyone, the best course of action was to get myself into trouble on twitter instead. Admittedly I was already halfway through composing an ‘I love you all’ tweet (and finding an appropriate Sam gif for the occasion) when the cast rocked up at the station, but once I’d sent that off into the wild, I couldn’t seem to stop…

So I tweeted about tweeting when the cast were right there. And then I tweeted about not waiting for Sam and tagged him in it. And then people saw it. Cast people. Sam people. And then he liked my tweet about blog 80… And I mean, sure there’s a chance he just saw the thumbnail of himself and didn’t actually click the link (right?!), but even so, I tweeted it ages ago, so how did he even find it…?! Not that I mind him reading it, obviously, because if I did I wouldn’t have published it in the first place, but I still had a bit of a freak out, not least because I couldn’t even remember what was in that one…! I mean yes I was tweeting silliness this evening, but I wasn’t expecting the blog to get involved…! It wasn’t even the post I published today!

Every time I think I’m safe. Every single frickin’ time. I blog and tweet and no one cares and I think it’ll all be fine and then just when I’m convinced I’m home and dry, somehow or other someone sees something and I get scared of restraining orders all over again…! Although I suppose the stupidest thing is that it still surprises me, even on a day like today, which just so happens to be the anniversary of the day the Idiots first found the blog…! Still, Sam doesn’t seem to mind, Bobby keeps (possibly inadvertently) encouraging me and you know what? I’ve missed getting myself in trouble. It doesn’t happen nearly often enough any more and it’s fun… So what the f***, let’s do this!

Peace, love and twittering,
K xx

PS. So the weirdest part of this is that this morning I was seriously considering giving up on these completely. Before it suddenly got some extra attention today, my last post had only picked up 4 hits in a week and it was beginning to feel like a waste of time keeping them going. It’s an awful lot of work to get my notes into a publishable state and I’d half decided that as long as I elaborated on them sufficiently for my notes to make sense if I came back to them in the future, I could leave them unpublished and that would be enough. I mean it’s not like they’re really written to be read in any case. My intent is simply to record everything I remember as thoroughly as possible and that doesn’t make for good content. Even I don’t find the posts that interesting any more, so I can’t imagine why anyone else would bother to read them…! Still, I suppose if I’m getting hits, someone wants something from them, so who am I to deny them that? Even if it’s just the cast skimming for their own names… :P.

Footloose – The Musical (Dartford)

I’ve had my Wimbledon ticket booked for ages, but after Watford got cancelled (I had two shows booked for there) and especially with all the tweeting Racky and Luke were doing to promote the tour, I decided I couldn’t possibly wait that long to see it and booked the Dartford matinee. And I am so glad I did! I now have time to book more.

So Luke was awesome, of course. He’s adorable, but in exactly the right way. He’s cool and confident enough to be easily misunderstood by the small town authority figures, but it’s equally easy to see the good hearted, slightly awkward misfit-ish character that Ren actually is. He frequently puts his foot in his mouth and then just keeps digging! He’s not a bad boy, he’s just perceived to be by the townsfolk, which makes him appear more rebellious as a result. I thought Luke had the balance exactly right. I knew he’d be ace in that role, but he was even more ace than I’d imagined. He acted the part beautifully, obviously his vocals were awesome and I loved his dancing too. He’s so fluid in his movements and makes it look so easy and natural. He’s the perfect Ren; dancing is as much a part of him as walking. He can’t stand still ;).

He’s also ridiculously cute and fluffy. Dear G-d, the fluff! It was beyond anything! I loved the styling in act one (which reminded me a tad of Wolverine, but in a good way), although I was less keen on the cowboy hat he covered it with for the start of act two. I mean, I know it was needed, but I just can’t abide by fluff coverings :P. He did make up for it by fluffling himself repeatedly for the remainder of the second act; when he started getting stressed out and nervous. Seriously though, I don’t want to take away from the brilliance of his performance, because he was a full on triple threat and I loved it, but equally, I can’t pretend I wasn’t a tad overwhelmed by the fluff. The way it moves when he dances…! Fluff fluff fluff fluff FLUFF! *ahem*. I also grinned at a few tiny moments that inevitably reminded me of Idiot. Luke’s red shirt and skinny black tie combo was certainly a lot more Green Day than I was anticipating (he didn’t look punk rock in any way, but it was still reminiscent). There was also a kicky dance move that initially reminded me of the way Aaron used to dance when he was playing guitar at the end of Broken Dreams, but when I thought about it afterwards, I realised it recalled I Don’t Care too. Again, it wasn’t at all out of place in the show, it just brushed against a few memories and made me grin. I’m going to miss Luke on the Idiot tour, but I’m beyond thrilled that he’s landed such a perfect leading role. I can’t wait to see him again!

I’ve never seen the show on stage before and I wasn’t sure how closely tied to the film it would be. I felt it had the main points down; there were lines interspersed through the script that I recognised as lifted straight from the screenplay and they didn’t change any fundamental dramatic points, but there were enough tweaks that it didn’t feel shackled by the source material (at least, I assume the film came first and there isn’t some ancient stage show predating it that I was hitherto unaware of? [I checked; there is not]). I’ve always really liked the film though and I loved the little homages to it that were dotted around without being turned into key dramatic moments just for the sake of nostalgia. Naturally, there were plenty of choreographic references, but it wasn’t just that. I loved the way they gave Ren his solo dance number (with some very familiar moves) in the context of this telling of the story, rather than forcing in the exact scene from the film. I also really liked how they incorporated the game of chicken that Ren and Chuck play on tractors, but without making it a big scene. If you didn’t know the film, I doubt it would have been especially notable, but there was a nice little section involving the two boys atop cafeteria tables, a few props and the ensemble pushing them towards each other. Luke even made a point of shifting his ankle in a way that mimicked Kevin Bacon trying to pull his foot free when his shoelace got caught. It was a nice touch. Racky, as expected, really has done a wonderful job with the show!

I knew some of the music, but not all and I wasn’t sure if some of it was original to the show [I checked; it is] or if they were just old pop tracks I wasn’t familiar with. I’m assuming the former, but I can’t say I’m that familiar with the film soundtrack, so there may well be some background numbers from it that were used in more prominent spots for the show. I did find I preferred the numbers I knew, but I suspect that was mostly because they tended to come along with the big dance numbers and/or because Luke was singing them. I will confess I was significantly less interested in the tracks that the older cast members sang. I’m sure that comes as a great surprise…!

The staging was nicely done, with two big blocks of set, one containing a drummer, the other rotating to show different parts of town, from the church to the Reverend’s house to the railway bridge bit. I liked the school benches that were used for various scenes, but just reminded me of my primary school. Especially when they were actually used in the PE scene and a wooden frame came down that was just like the wall based climbing frames we had at school too. I loved the car front/diner table that became a sort of aeroplane thing in Hero too. And speaking of the diner, Luke wobbling around on rollerskates was ridiculously adorable and highly entertaining. There was something about the way he just rolled slowly across the stage when pushed, not to mention the fantastic range of expressions he pulled whilst rolling… I loved it! The whole roller bit was really rather inspired. On a slightly different note, the musicians were all part of the cast and I was incredibly impressed by their skills. The brass section playing flawlessly whilst jumping around line dancing was especially remarkable!

In terms of the company that weren’t Luke, I’m not sure I gave anyone enough of my attention for them to have had much of a chance to stand out, but everyone seemed well cast from what I did pick up. I really do seem to have a one track mind when Luke is leading a show (I’ll refer you back to when I first saw him play Johnny and even Lucas couldn’t steal my attention away from him). I did think Gareth was funny as Willard and unexpectedly hot when he took all his clothes off… Seriously! One minute he was wearing dungarees and the next minute he was dancing about in mirrored denim hot pants and boots and not much else. I believe it was part of the more fantastical section of I Need A Hero. I approved :P. Thank you Racky, once again, for a bit of shirtless eye candy! I think I really do need a hero… although I’d rather have a fluffy one.

So, the only downer on what was otherwise a fabulous afternoon were the two women sat on the other side of the empty seat next to me. On the whole, apart from a few text tones, far too much rustling and some unruly children, the audience was fairly well behaved for a regional venue, but those women… They chatted at normal volume for pretty much the entire show, then one had a coughing fit, which lasted 80% of the second act. The same woman then started clapping along with the final number, but when the rest of the audience stopped, she carried on, on her own, out of time… And kept on going when the music gave way to dialogue… She was insanely irritating. She did give a standing ovation though, so if she was even aware she was in a theatre, she apparently enjoyed it. I suppose it wasn’t all that surprising, though. My friend noticed four vodka bottles in one of their bags and they had wine too. Ugh. Still, aside from the rowdy neighbours, my seat was pretty good, especially given that it was meant to be restricted. It was a side view and felt quite distant, but I didn’t have any trouble seeing the stage. I think the seats closer to the end of the row would probably still be fairly decent and closer to the stage too. Anyway, my friend was in the upper circle for the first act, but came down to join me in the interval. It was pretty busy, but the very edges of the circles were mostly free, so we opted to sit in the empty row behind my seat. The view wasn’t quite as good, since the people in front blocked parts of the stage, but there was significantly more leg room and at least the drunk women were slightly less audible from behind. Slightly.

As for the stage door, that was fairly awesome. The weather was miserable and I wasn’t really on it, so I didn’t actually stop anyone (the only autograph I got was Luke’s. I may need to bring my programme back), but we both tweeted Luke yesterday to say that we’d be in & hoped he’d have time to pop out between shows. I’m pleased we did, because he did! In fact, I think he only came out because he knew we were there. He wasn’t even wearing a coat (although he was looking hot in a pale denim shirt :P) and went back in after we’d spoken to him. He even greeted us with hugs :D. I fangirled at him a bit and told him he was brilliant, but he actually made a point of asking what we thought. He even admitted he was worried about what we’d think because it was so different [to Idiot]. We pointed out that we see a lot of stuff, not just punk rock, but we made sure to tell him that we thought both he & the show were awesome and that we’ll do our best to return. Incidentally, we were both rather chuffed he seemed to care so much about our opinions (and that he’d actually thought about it enough to be worried)! We also chatted a bit about where we’re seeing the Idiot tour. I gave him a hint of how many I’m seeing and admitted I went a bit mad; but then I did go to Aberdeen twice to see Lucas, so I’m always a bit mad. We talked about that briefly and how Lucas was always going to be incredible as Emcee. He also mentioned that a load of the Idiots came to the press/gala night they had during the week (I knew this, I saw a photograph, but I thought it might sound stalkerish to say so… :P) & informed us that Aaron has now sorted out his hair! By the time he headed back inside, my friend and I were both even more buzzed than we were after the show. It was so good to see him again and he was so lovely too! I really, really need to organise more tickets :D. And so do you. Book here ;).

Peace, love & rock ‘n’ roll,
K xx