My first ever entry!!!

Gosh! I'm so excited! Just this year I've already directed my first ever stage show - an adaptation of The Oxford Concise English Dictionary with exclusive new songs from my great pal Colin Phelps (thanks, Col!). It played for a strictly limited run of two performances at the Green Linnet Kebab House here in Tifton and completely sold out!!! The only slight negative was the review in The Stage (whose subscription I immediately cancelled, obviously!!!) - unnecessarily personal and unconstructive, I thought, and disappointing considering the amount of research Colin & I put into the enterprise. Anyway, look out for future productions of A MILLION DEFINITIONS: THE MUSICAL. I sent a copy to the Really Useful Group, so who knows!!!!! Watch this space!!!

Anyway, that's not the main reason I'm so excited. No, the main reason I'm so excited is: I'm DOING A MASTER OF FINE ARTS at Tifton University College, Tifton!!!! I saw an ad in The Tifton Gazette and it just looked perfect!!! All I had to do was send in £3,000 and by return of post I got a handsome (full colour!!!) brochure with term dates and everything!!! My one concern is that I don't yet know what it's a Master of Fine Arts in - but hey, let's learn patience, why don't we!!!! As long as it's something artistic and fab I won't mind. It'd be great if it's something to do with theatre (which I absolutely adore!!!!), but I'll just have to wait and see, I guess. I'm sure my three days working as ASM (that's assistant stage manager) on the Tifton Players 300th anniversary production of Noel Coward's CAVALCADE will go a long way. I was even in that production briefly!!!! The smell of the briefcase! The lust of the crowd!!! Oh gosh!!! I just so so so love all things to do with the theatre!!! Fingers crossed!