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The most crucial moment for a director is probably when the show goes 'live' for the first time. You get to hear the audience's reaction, and find out whether the moments where you thought they'd laugh are the moments when they actually do laugh. I was very nervous on Saturday night.

Phew!

Last night's show went rather well. The house was a little more than half full (but the virtue of a supper show is that we can spread the tables out so that it looks busy), but happily for us all, it was a noisy audience who did actually laugh aloud at various scenes, and applauded readily. I was actually in the audience with my family, and I didn't need to 'lead' the clapping.

This afternoon's audience was quieter, but also enthusiastic, and I got some lovely comments after the show - including some genuine enthusiasm from one of our youth members, who told me he didn't think he'd like G & S but he had really enjoyed it.

It's why we do it, really.



As some day it may happen that a victim must be found
I've got a little list, I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed—who never would be missed!
The commuter on his mobile phone who says he's ON THE TRAIN
The woman who sits next to you and chatters on the plane
The climate change deniers who can't understand the facts
And bankers in their mansions who do not pay income tax
MPs with fake expenses claims they just could not resist
They'd none of 'em be missed, they'd none of 'em be missed.
He's got 'em on the list, he's got 'em on the list;
And they'll none of them be missed—they'll none of them be missed.

There's the karaoke singer and the others of his type,
Like the subway guitarist—I've got him on the list.
Performers who win X Factor and smother you in hype,
And have talent like Scotch mist—they never would be missed!
There are people who host chat shows that nobody wants to see
Celebrities whose claim to fame's reality TV
And wealthy football players who don't seem to know the rules
And famous chefs who redefine the phrasing 'kitchen tools'
And that flavour of the month, the lady porno novelist,
I don't think she'd be missed—I'm sure she'd not be missed.
He's got her on the list, he's got her on the list;
And I'm sure she'd not be missed, I'm sure she'd not be missed.

There are spammers from Nigeria who want to make you rich
They've got me on their list—I've got 'em on my list
Cold callers who inform you your computer has a glitch,
They'd none of 'em be missed, they'd none of 'em be missed.
There's the pestilential nuisances who count you as a friend
And badger you with emails that they forward without end
And people who use Facebook and will ping you with a poke
and Tweet appalling nonsense and then claim it was a joke
But it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list
For they'd none of 'em be missed, they'd none of 'em be missed.
You may put 'em on the list, you may put 'em on the list,
And they'll none of them be missed—they'll none of them be missed.

Comments

[turps]

That's fantastic it went well!