Seb & Anne's panto !

About half a year ago, we were asked by John from O2 Technical diving if we were interested in joining the Panto this year... The Panto ??? what the...... is a Panto.It turns out to be a British theatre thing where at the end of the year a theatre play is performed, where guys play a lot of the women’s roles, and the play is a 'known' story, but with that years jokes, people and add-ons..This year it is a Caribbean Cinderella (Assepoester...in Dutch).I was talked into the role of the royal messenger JoJo the Dolphin. A hand puppet who appears on key moments during the show bringing news and letters... And getting to use a big watergun !!!!Anne is backstage hand, handing out props to actors and things like that...The theatre where it is all going to happen next week is a full size theatre, with all the light, effects, sounds. The show is a full on production with a lot of thingies to happen during the show.So the rehearsals have been going on for months now, and finally this week the last full dress rehearsals with all costumes, sound-/light effects and all scene changes. We have 5 evening performances and one afternoon matinee. For this matinee a big group of children are flown in from Grand Turk to see the show.And even the prime minister and British governor both have a small role (on a video screen that is.)All in all a lot of work, for us not even that much (twice a week for a couple of months) but for the producers and directors, stage managers it is a hell of a job, but the results so far are amazing.A spectacular show, very funny, proper costumes, scenery and singers and dancers. See the pictures !!