Captain's Log.

Well, it's been a long time coming but here it is: SEETHINGS You are probably wondering two things: 1)What happened to the old title 'In The Bed Inside Me,' and 2) It looks like it's ready. Where can I order a copy? The answers are as follows: I didn't like the old title. After a year of watching it being displayed in various places and typing it into emails and messages, I didn't feel it looked so good. I had several other titles to choose from and SEETHINGS was one of them. It appealed more and more to me because of how it tricks the eye, like one of the characters does in the novel. The word is derived from 'seething.' I guess most people know that part... and so it's plural (if there were one to be had) would be 'seethings.' When I put it on that dark background, it changed. It 'looked' like as though it could be three different words. The first two seen (especially by a younger generation) would be 'SEE' and

Hi guys. Sorry I haven't written for a while. I've been meaning to do something here but time keeps getting away from me. I've got many things in the pipeline and too little time to do it all. Firstly, the blog is increasing readership at a phenomenal rate. There are now about 100 visitors to the site a day and about new 1300 new visitors per month. I've put this down to keeping up the daily blog (4-5 blogs per week) and actively maintaining a reasonable standard of good embedded search criteria with them. Secondly, I've been to Perth to help a friend and see the sights. I enjoyed my time there but it kept me from the novel. Thirdly, I haven't been well. Toothaches, backaches and the flu have kept me down. I was so glad to keep theatre out of the calendar for the first part of 2013. I don't know how I would've coped with it if I had signed up for something. Fourthly, I am now into theatre again - co-directing/performing in a musical/play and perf

Hi, I cut/pasted this from my old blog and posted it here, from a show I did in 2012. Here's Opening Night Reviews! (see original transcript  here !) Book, Music & Lyrics: Lionel Bart. PRIMA (Pine Rivers Musical Association Inc., @ Holy Spirit Auditorium, Bray Park, Qld. Director: Melanie Evans. Music Director: Terry Million. Choreographer: Shelley Marshall. Oct 19 – 27, 2012. Charles Dickens  Oliver Twist  is one of the great British novels and Lionel Bart’s musical adaptation of it is one of the great British musicals. PRIMA’s production ticked all the right boxes, with Bart’s score the strength of the performance. Michael Forman was a very impressive Fagin, bringing out the Jewishness of the character, dancing impishly, and singing the role with conviction. His “Pick a Pocket or Two” and “Reviewing the Situation” were a delight. Chantelle Hill was a lusty, busty Nancye who delivered the show’s most-famous ballad and its reprise, “As Long As He Needs Me