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 […]

SMP’s Big Race Night

SMP’s Race Night is back and this time it’s bigger than ever! Join us on the 3rd of March for an evening of fun and frolics as Master Bookmaker Mike Benyon guides us through an evening of ‘Racing’ with a few extra special surprises thrown in throughout the night. Bet on the races, become a […]

The Mermaid Blog – SMP take part in the LNYDP 2018

Greetings wonderful blog readers and sea creatures alike! My name is Lucy and I am playing Mariel – strangely familiar name isn’t it – in SMP’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ this month! (Is it actually this month – eeeek!) I have to say that this role and this show have been an ABSOLUTE dream come true. […]

Listen to “A Fairytale Ending”

Here at SMP we’re very lucky to have a plethora of talent to call upon when we put our shows on and if you’ve been to our pantos over the last few years you’ll have noticed that along with plenty of popular songs in our shows we also feature some original music courtesy of our […]

The Mermaid Blog – Week 14

Hello landlubbers and denizens of the deeps. It’s Lewis here reporting for the Daily Star(fish). Following a snowy weekend off, this week was kicked off at Cannon house with singing recaps under the tutelage of Mike B. Wednesday saw us all running some of the show ahead of the week’s main event – the first […]

The Mermaid Blog – Week 13

Hello ha fishy friends! This week’s blog is coming from I, the feistiest mer-fish under the sea and one of the mermaid sisters…Storm! We are one Sunday run through down – and we’ve been preparing this week for our second Sunday run and…DUN DUN DUN…first dress rehearsal! Eeeek! The week got off to a swimmingly […]

The Mermaid Blog – Week 12

Fireworks, fairy lights, floats, full runs and falafel – what a week! So as November turns into December, and Christmas draws ever nearer, we’ve started getting to the stage where all the individual songs and dances and scenes that we’ve been learning for the last few months start getting joined together. This Wednesday was our […]

The Mermaid Blog – Week 11

Hello Merfolk my name is Debbie and I am playing the part of Briny one of the mermaid sisters! This week we were swept along on the currents of the stormy ocean with rehearsal venues being changed but in true SMP spirit we pull together and make the best of a challenge. On Monday we […]

The Mermaid Blog – Week 10

Hi, I’m Mike Benyon, musical director for this and the vast majority of SMP’s pantos in the last 25 years! It’s normally fairly easy to tell early on whether you have a good show on your hands and A Little Mermaid certainly comes into that category. To start with we are blessed with an SMP […]