Last night's show was a hoot.

First off, we had an audience of seven, so with thirty-seven people onstage, we could have beaten them up easily, and they were a quiet seven at that. So, we were trundling through the show, and towards the end, Geoffrey, playing the butcher, comes out holding an actual liver because he has just slaughtered the pig offstage, and I noticed that the liver was stiff like an ironing board and had a white frost on top. It was frozen! Geoff was clutching it in both hands, and he told us afterwards that not only was he terrified that it would slip out of his hands like a bar of soap and brain one of our few audience members, but also, his PANTS were falling down, and his knees were jammed together so as to keep them from puddling around his ankles! I did think that he was saying his lines a trifle more rapidly than usual, but I was too busy trying not to laugh out loud to pay too much attention to it.

Then, at the end, we're all offstage ready to re-enter for the curtain-call, and Ronnie is exiting, saying the Lord's Prayer, and he says "...lead us not into evil, and deliver us from temptation-and I KNOW I got that wrong!" and we're all stifling our giggles.

So, we trot out for the big ol' curtain-call for our seven rapt fans, and Geoff is the one that signals to Shelby in the booth whether we will do one call or two, but of course we were only doing one, so we bowed, and then the lights went out, and I took one step, and they SNAPPED back on again, and all of the actors said "What the HELL??!!" and we bowed again, openly laughing.

Backstage, we were all laughing about what a funny joke Shelby played on us, having us do a second call, but she came back, insisting that Geoffrey had nodded at her, indicating a second call, which Geoffrey VOCIFEROUSLY denied! I later figured that, when he said to me "Let's go", he must have nodded without thinking, and Shelby took that as her cue!

All in all, a VERY weird evening!

The funny thing in the show is that the three guys who are playing the fish hawker, the melon hawker and the banana hawker are all playing the monks at the end.

Was this a co-incidence, or is Le trying to say that all clergy are salesmen?

I was waiting to enter for the pre-show, and Creepy Bob was on my left, which I thought I could handle, but then Creepy Monroe appeared on my right, and Creepy Frank was across from me, and my skin literally started to crawl, until I had to go over and stand by Debbie.

Remember the Stupidest Actress in the World? Well, she's done it again.
Another actress, Tomasina, has the thickest, plummiest British accent you have ever heard in your life; she could be a Royal. Well, the Stupidest Actress in the World goes up to her, and in all seriousness says "Are you from England?"

Tomasina told me later that she WANTED to say "No, I'm from Romania", but she decided to be nice.

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