I've been awfully quiet lately, and that's because... I'm going to be in the Panto this year! That's right folks, this year's MADC Panto will feature yours truly as the third villager from the left.
Having rehearsals six days a week while still holding down a full-time job doesn't leave me with much free time, hence a lack of posts. But I am still blogging - I'm keeping a blog of my experiences as a member of the Panto chorus at http://pantodiary.blogspot.com
Besides writing about myself, I'm also posting interviews with members of the cast and crew, which is proving to be very interesting because I get to hear all these little stories from different people about their own experiences in the theatre.
The MADC Panto is the one that has been taking place at the Manoel Theatre for the last thirty years, but this year the Manoel yet again raised the fee for renting the Manoel, and the total was just too high. So we're moving into the MFCC tent in Ta' Qali instead. Another group is going to use the Manoel instead, and they'll be putting on their own Panto for the first time. Ours is called Sinbad The Tailor, smile when you say it!
It's sad that we won't be in the historic atmosphere of the Manoel, but there's good points too - for example, not having to use the Manoel's cramped and draughty dressing rooms! At the MFCC, parking is no problem (unlike Valletta), and since there's no priceless history around, we get to do really cool things with pyrotechnics, muahahahaha...
Anyway, that's where I'm going to be this Christmas.
There's still tickets available, get yours from http://www.pantomalta.com and in the meantime, enjoy December. Christmas is coming!
