Hola criaturas del mar, Dr love reporting to you all, well that’s a wrap !!!! Sad to say. Much Hadham is always a pleasure to do and brings joy to those who absolutely love watching it, I always enjoyed it all those years ago when SMP first started going there. The people are so welcoming […]
Monthly Archives: January 2018
The Mermaid Blog – Show Week and The Get Out
Hi, I am Carla and have just had the best week ever playing Sandy, a mermaid sister in SMP’s mermazing production of The Little Mermaid, an original script by Warren McWilliams with the fantastic production team of Mike Benyon as MD, choreography by Jo Bakhurst and directed by Michael Lacey. The cast have had a […]
The Mermaid Blog – Opening Night
Good afternoon your fabulous readershipnesses! Crusty here! Also known as Rebecca. I am thrilled to be writing the opening night blog for the first ever production of The Little Mermaid – written by Warren McWilliams. This is my first time playing a villain and though being booed is normally a bad thing, I’m really enjoying […]
The Mermaid Blog – The Community Night
Hello my poor unfortunate souls. Octavia here, also known as Kate Sanders, and I’m here to tell you all about our first performance, community night! Community night is always very exciting, as it is our chance to not only meet lots of wonderful people from our local community, but also to perform our show in […]
The Mermaid Blog – The Dress Rehearsal
I am delighted to be playing Shell, one of Mariel’s mermaid sisters and have the absolute pleasure of sharing the details of the Dress Rehearsal… For us mermaids, last night was the last chance to test the strength of our glue-gunned, sequinned and sparkly shell bras – and hope none of us mer-sisters experience a […]
The Mermaid Blog – The Tech Run
Today was our Technical Rehearsal, an extremely significant milestone in any SMP show! This is the chance our excellent technical team have to really get their hands on the production. It is the chance to make sure that everything is able to run to our often elaborate plans. By the time our cast arrived in the […]
The Mermaid Blog – Get in and Band Call
The excitement of band call/get in day is like Christmas Eve! There’s a tightly coiled spring of nerves in the pit of your stomach that leave you slightly delirious with anticip . . . . ation! The very first time running through all the musical numbers with the band is without doubt one of the […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 16 (Last week of rehearsals)
The Little Mermaid Blog Hi there fellow land-dwellers, and welcome to this week’s The Little Mermaid blog! My name’s Ellie and I’ll be taking you through what we’ve been getting up to this week, our FINAL REHEARSAL WEEK before curtain up… eek! I say fellow land-dwellers because this year I have the absolute delight of […]
Spamalot Introduction & Auditions
In 2018 we’ll be back at the Millfield Theatre with Monty Pythons Spamalot! Funnier than the Black Death and winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best New Musical, Spamalot was written by Monty Python legend Eric Idle and has a music score featuring ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’. If you’d like […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 15
Hello fellow land dwellers. Prince Derek here, also go by the name Jack, to give you the low down on this week’s little mermaid shenanigans. Wednesday was our first rehearsal in 2 weeks due to Christmas and New years. It was a chance for us to shake off some of the festive cobwebs we had […]