Captain's Log.

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