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Aladdin and his Ugly Sisters, aided and abetted by cows, dragons, and many other dodgy characters. Oh yes and a sprinkling of fairy dust"

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Wobblybits Wed 28-Sept-16 17:18:49

The stage is set for the dress rehearsal of our Panto. The fire curtain has been tested (essential with real welsh fire breathing dragons). The audience is settled -- are you ?

So ...

LADIES, GENTLEMEN, CHILDREN, I HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN PRESENTING OUR 2016 PANTO. IF FIND THE TITLE CONFUSING, YOU AIN'T SEEN NUTTING YET !

Enter stg lft -- principle boy
Enter stg rht -- Welsh Dragon

Probably !

Drum roll --- curtains open

Wobblybits Fri 30-Sept-16 19:22:15

Ugly Sister enters stg rt, carrying a BEDPAN ?????

hello everyone, Sister Jugular here. don't you think I'm beautiful, it has taken me hours to look like this (does a twirl) some say I'm conceited, but really, I'm only a little vein.
Matron asked me to find the Barron and give him these because he is full of sh.... The box says they are suppositories, but I've lost the instructions, do any of you know where I should put them ?

Waits for audience ............

Charleygirl Fri 30-Sept-16 21:34:42

Wobbly how about this?
I am a sexy nurse
I'm going down the drain from bad to worse
I drive all the doctors wild
Sister says that I'm a problem child

Do you like that?

Wobblybits Fri 30-Sept-16 21:44:59

Can't turn down a sexy nurse.

Judthepud2 Fri 30-Sept-16 22:29:30

[Tinkerbell descends on the winch scattering clouds of very sparkly fairy dust] Hello everybody. Tinkerbell here. I heard that Hanky Panky was looking for me to climb that huge bean in his garden to see what was moaning at the top. I'm up for that. blush

Would it be the Wicked Witch of the West, by any chance? I'll just fly up and take a look. Back later.

Pittcity Mon 03-Oct-16 22:25:11

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning!"
Blast this beeping satnav, it's led me into the wrong show......where is everyone?

Swanny Mon 03-Oct-16 22:34:17

Still recuperating from last week's dress rehearsal I think grin

Wobblybits Tue 04-Oct-16 09:18:09

Bumping up the thread.

We are waiting for Tinkerbell to report back, I do hope she is OK, been gone a long while now, perhaps we should get our Dragon to fly up to find her.

Falconbird Tue 04-Oct-16 09:48:02

Hi ex ugly sister here. Before she left Tinkerbell sprinkled some fairy dust on me and I've turned pretty.shock

Wobblybits Tue 04-Oct-16 10:37:59

Hello all, Hanky Panky here again. There are some funny things going on here, just seen this gorgeous girl (legs up to here armpits) wearing the ugly sisters dress, must try and find the ugly sister, she might have been kidnapped (not sure why !). Tinkerbell has disappeared, Mum is nowhere to be found and I saw a nurse chaing the Evil Barron with a bed pan. All very peculiar.
AND, where is our principal boy Alladin, perhaps Peter Pan knows, I'll try to find him.

cornergran Tue 04-Oct-16 19:11:12

Peter Pan last seen resuscitating the front end of a cow dressed in half of a very fetching pink, purple and orange .costume. Apparently mugged by a bed pan wielding Evil Barron who has abducted the rear end and ran off muttering 'where's the barbecue??'

(gilly where are you?)

Crafting Tue 04-Oct-16 20:37:49

Backend of everything here! Ready for action sorry... acting. Has the catering team arrived yet? I could do with a brew

Wobblybits Tue 04-Oct-16 21:10:44

Now we have the backend of the cow, we can have tea, we were just waiting for milk.

cornergran Wed 05-Oct-16 05:25:00

Pleased to see you crafting, feel bad for abandoning you and gilly, maybe we need a front end understudy too? Any thoughts?

gillybob Wed 05-Oct-16 07:24:51

I just need a tiny bit of notice about a rehearsal . Being the back end of the cow I am late for everything and can't see what's going on for the ar&e covering my face . When's the next rehearsal?

cornergran Wed 05-Oct-16 11:11:57

Oh gilly, I have lost weight, honest! blush. Periscope maybe?

gillybob Wed 05-Oct-16 11:14:36

Good idea cornergran..... Off to find a periscope.

Now I wonder if I will get one a Morrisons this lunch time? hmm

Judthepud2 Wed 05-Oct-16 12:37:55

Hello all. Tinkerbell reporting for duty. Made it to the top of the beanstalk and found a hen that laid golden eggs, a singing harp and a huge smelly giant. I scattered my fairy dust over him and he turned into Aiden Turner. ? So have been a bit distracted.

So glad my magic worked Falconbird! We'll just have to find another ugly sister. Enjoy your new look.

Wobblybits Wed 05-Oct-16 16:42:50

Barron Hardup enters to more boos.

I hear that Tinkerbell has been abusing her position by turning our characters into hunks, for her own enjoyment. I shall get that Hanky Panky to climb the bean to sort her out, I suspect there has been some hanky panky.

Swanny Wed 05-Oct-16 17:27:55

Psst! Director! I know I'm singing Nobody Loves a Fairy when she's Forty, with ann, but I'm also a background tree - Silver Birch to be precise. No, don't come any closer! It's been very windy here in Dingley Dell today and some of my leaves have dropped off! Do you think you could ask wardrobe to run something up for me? Maybe a sparkly purple (long-line) windcheater to go with my beautiful long legs silver bark trunk. Pretty pleeease?

Wobblybits Wed 05-Oct-16 17:32:05

Baron Hardup's hound enters and spots a tree shock

wot Wed 05-Oct-16 18:17:29

Trying to put a photo on of my aunt Dorothy Ward. Principal Boy. But can't do it. There's loads of stuff about her on Google. I have mentioned her before on GN, ages ago!

Wobblybits Wed 05-Oct-16 18:50:44

Is this her ?

wot Wed 05-Oct-16 20:01:01

Yes, wobbly!!

Wobblybits Wed 05-Oct-16 20:29:16

Lots of images of her online

wot Wed 05-Oct-16 20:31:23

I like the one of her with long hair! She was a bit of a tartar in real life (dare I say)