Well, there you have it – panto is done for another year! I would say ‘oh no it isn’t’, but it definitely is and I’m sure I used that joke last year! Great fun was had by all, the cast, the audience, the tech team (yes I’m talking about your shenanigans in the stage left wing Aaron & Adam!) and show week flew past in a whirl.

I really felt like we upped our game this year even more, not only because Frosted took a fairytale story we’ve all come to know and gave it a panto twist, but also that the show managed to cleverly send up all those things that are traditional to panto without deviating from the traditional format too far (all very post-modern! Well done Warren on a fabulous script again).

During show week the girls were spoilt rotten by the lovely Linda, who was our very own tea fairy/biscuit queen and it has been hard coming to terms with the fact that I’ve got to do it all myself again now. Oh yes, and can anyone sort out rigging the snow effect in my lounge? It’s quite underwhelming to sing your heart out (to the cat obviously) and there be no epic snow effect on the crescendo….. please get in touch…. please!

The get out from the Theatre went smoothly, albeit a long one this year, but huge respect to our tech team for the massive efforts they go to, we wouldn’t look half as good without them and with great effects comes lots of equipment.

That first day after panto ends is always hard, invariably most of us go back to work and you get mixed emotions when 6pm rolls around that you are not at the Theatre and again at 8pm that you won’t see everyone for rehearsal – but oh the joy of putting on your pjs and getting an early night!

Some of us are lucky to put off the post show blues for another week with our annual visit to St Elizabeth’s in Much Hadham with the abridged version of the show, on the following Sunday. We were quite a big group this year and that may be what caused the madness that descended during the rehearsal that afternoon, we all got a bit over excited during Ellie & Sophie’s duet and somehow it turned into a impromptu show girl number complete with a full cast kick line! We won’t mention Greg dragging John across the floor by his feet!

The performance at St Elizabeth’s went well and there was plenty of audience participation and appreciation, we all enjoyed ourselves very much and were very grateful for the spread they laid on for us at the end – thank you so much for having us again!

The annual plays also had their first read through last week and again we are lucky enough to have an award winning writer providing us with a new work to showcase. Thank you Paul Levey! There was so much interest that a mini casting/audition panel was necessary. We are all looking forward to cheering them on at the Welwyn Garden City Festival, who made us so welcome last year. Good luck to Director Rebecca Gediking and the cast.

Normally we would then get a bit of a break before embarking on our Summer show casting and auditions, but with the show dates being a bit earlier this year it was straight back in!

The read through and general show info night for The Pirates of Penzance was held on Monday and our Director Warren pulled out all the stops. I have to admit I wasn’t sure how SMP would take on such a classic, but that’s where my lack of knowledge about the storyline let me form preconceptions about the show, which I now know were completely wrong!

Oh my goodness, I had no idea this show was so funny! Obviously a director’s vision can completely change a show anyway and Warren has a lot planned to wow our audiences with – it may have the same title, but be prepared for a completely different, modernised version of this classic.

We at SMP are never known to be shy and I can’t wait to see the casting and characters that are going to grace the stage! Along with Fay’s choreography and Erika as MD we have a top creative team In place. If you were not able to attend on Monday do not dismay ‘me hearties’! The auditions will be held on Sun 5th Feb with a few additional slots on Monday 6th if required, for more information please Click here to visit the page to find out all the info you need. 

From curtain up to finale bow this show week has been packed full of magical moments.

Of course, there have been some accidental trips on stage, bumps into scenery & the occasional fluffed line… A particular favourite being “Greetis Worthing Pheasants” (Michael Lacey, aka Prince Anders) but this has all added to the fun and silliness of show week and the joy of being part of Team Frosted.

As the audience sat back enjoying the show, they remained unaware of the madness backstage…

Dressing rooms filled with costumes, tiaras, clouds of hairspray, wigs, selfies, sweets, glitter, cake, laughter and a lot of tea…

Stage crew rushing around with scenery, checking cues, preparing props, helping with quick changes, keeping us all smiling with their ‘entertainment’ from the wings… and making lots of dreams come true as Princess Ella’s ice spell fills the stage & snow explodes up into the air & falls over the audience…

Of course, none of this would be possible without the incredible dedication, imagination and hard work of the Frosted Production Team: Luke Clow, Fay Kemal & Mike Benyon (our brilliantly talented Musical Director, who is celebrating his 25th pantomime with SMP!)

Being part of Frosted’s Ensemble has been a truly wonderful experience & I feel incredible lucky to be surrounded by such a talented bunch of ‘Frosticles’. Even in the chilly surroundings of the Intimate Theatre, you can’t help but be feel the warmth of the friendships & passion for performing we all share.

Although the curtain has fallen on the last performance at the Intimate, we are all looking forward to one more afternoon of fun when we perform next weekend at St Elizabeth’s Centre.

I know we will all miss the magic of this panto… But I’m sure somehow, we’ll all learn to ‘Let it Go’…

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If you’d like to join SMP for our next show ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ then come along to our read through on the 30th Jan.

You can sign up to our facebook event here. 

Opening night feels like Christmas Eve!

After all the hours of rehearsal (which now don’t feel like enough hours) and all the technical preparation in the theatre earlier in the week, we finally get to show-off to an audience. Mistakes have been made, (lots of mistakes from me! ) costumes mended and re-mended, cues have been rehearsed and tweaked and rehearsed again.

Now the real fun starts. The anticipation of opening night is wonderful.

Our audience last night was small but perfectly formed. They reacted, shouted, ooh-ed, aah-ed, boo-ed, cheered and squealed with excitement in all the right places.

I personally cannot wait to see the reaction of the littler members of the audience at our sold out matinees on Saturday and Sunday.

If you have any children who can stay awake long enough please bring them down tonight or Saturday night, I want as many children as possible to witness the pure magic that our production team and most importantly our technical team have worked on the end of act 1. . . and the rest of the show’s not bad either

Lots of love
Snowflake no. 4
Claire bear

*** Don’t miss our show, please book your tickets. Both matinee performances are SOLD OUT tickets for Friday evening are limited. ***

We do have some returns for the matinee so please please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com for availability.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

£14 Full/£11 Concessions.

Online booking and payment for evening performances is available via our website www.smptheatre.co.uk

Hi, Scoop here feeding back on all the top stories from our preview performance last night! 

Earlier in the week we received the news that our Saturday and Sunday matinees are sell out shows and that the Friday and Saturday evening performances are following suit.

With this information in our minds, we all arrived at the theatre full of excitement, ready to perform to our first audience, the World Premiere of ‘Frosted’ written by Warren McWilliams. 

Our first performance went down a storm. We received wonderful comments from our audience and it was a magical evening for all.

Our actual opening night is tonight and before I disappear back to the world of journalism in Edmontonia, I will leave you with some insider information from ‘Frosted’. 

Gossip: We have a tip off that Prince Anders is visiting Edmontonia for the coronation of our Queen Ella. I hope that he is as charming as he seems. I will certainly report back on his visit… swoon! 

Fact: the character Jasper of Joysville is named after the writer Warren McWilliams’ son.

Top Tip: Join us for our performance tonight so that you don’t miss out! Failing that book your tickets for Friday or Saturday night before they sell out. 

*** Don’t miss our show, please book your tickets. Both matinee performances are SOLD OUT tickets for Friday evening are limited. ***

We do have some returns for the matinee so please please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com for availability.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

£14 Full/£11 Concessions. .

Online booking and payment for evening performances is available via our website www.smptheatre.co.uk

Helloooo Michael here and I will be playing the role of Ander’s in this year’s Panto!

Well when I say playing.. I firmly believe Anders is actually is just an extension of me… He is ‘Charming, Gorgeous and damn right Hilarious!’.. But I will let you be the judge of that!

Anyway, this weekend (Sunday) was quite possibly one of my favourite days of the whole ‘Rehearsal/Show’ process, for this day is declared ‘GET IN DAY’ Get in day literally does what it says on the tin, this is where some members of the cast and all of the crew pull together to help off load the vans which are full of the wonderful sets, lighting and some other ‘special little surprises’ our fantastic Director Luke Clow has magiked from his brain to le stage (init)

Alongside of the get in we also have ‘Band Call’ there is always an element of excitement amongst the cast on this day as ‘Band Call’ is where we (the cast) finally get to hear all of the songs we have been singing for the past few months, played out with the band.

Our wonderful ‘Master of the Keys’ Mike Benyon has again (and again and again and again and again and … well you get the point Mike has done a lot of shows as MD for SMP) done a sterling job of being our MD for the show, Oh and the rest of the band aren’t too shabby either! (Tim Hall, John Fossey, Chris (Chunk) Wall and Paul Denham)

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In the evening of ‘The Get In’ we all head to the theatre to put our costumes into our dressing rooms and then…. IT IS PIZZA TIME!! The cast and crew get their munch on and fest on pizza then proceed to sit around in a food coma’s (well the cast do, but the crew continue the hard work of building the set, genuinely a massive THANK YOU to each member of the crew for their hard work and dedication put into the intense days running up to the show!)

Once the cast have emerged from their food comas, its then time for us to jump on that stage and shake, shake, shake it to the beautiful Choreography laid down by the fantabulous Mrs Fay Kemal!

And this is where I love you and leave you!, but if you want to see all of the shenanigans happening during ‘FROSTED’ this year, you’d better go get yourself on t’internet/tefalone and book your tickets as they are selling faster than you can say ‘scone’

*** Don’t miss our show, please book your tickets. Both our matinee performances are SOLD OUT and tickets for Friday eveing are limited. ***

We do have some returns for the matinee so please please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com for availability.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

£14 Full/£11 Concessions. .

Online booking and payment for evening performances is available via our website www.smptheatre.co.uk

This is Duke Wesley – yes, that’s Wesley not Weasley – aka Carl; and trying not to give much of the masterfully written plot away I also play Token – dubious accent and sauna owner.

So this is our last week of rehearsals meaning that the scary and exciting ‘get in’ is soon upon us. However, we still have two rehearsals to go. Monday morning comes – and my household still has the flu. This was probably caught whilst dancing through the streets of London for the New Year’s Parade dressed as Jacob Marley; well to be precise the last five minutes of drenching rain. Me/Jacob/Duke/Token ( I forget who I am at times) has pulled through and gets to rehearsals. Sadly, the illness has hit the King slash Andy slash my boyfriend badly and he has to stay at home shivering. This was my first time in 2017 seeing my SMP family and what an uplift these beautiful people were after a week of quarantine.  Run-throughs of the whole show are the plan for both of this week’s rehearsals. Polishing lines, routines and harmonies is the order of the day. There is a refreshed vigour in the air during these rehearsals and the energy and performance levels keep on rising exponentially.  The whole cast and crew are now busting to hear the band and get in the theatre!

I am also pleased to announce that the King/Andy/my Macho man despite being a bit sniffly got to the next rehearsal and make the cravats for the male chorus and sparkly lederhosen!

*** Don’t miss our show, please book your tickets. Both our matinee performances are SOLD OUT and tickets for Friday eveing are limited. ***

We do have some returns for the matinee so please please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com for availability.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

£14 Full/£11 Concessions. .

Online booking and payment for evening performances is available via our website www.smptheatre.co.uk

Hello! My name’s Sophie and I play Princess Hannah in our upcoming pantomime Frosted. To sum Hannah up, she’s incredibly excited, all of the time, about absolutely everything. So not too dissimilar from myself really!

Once upon a time I was an SMP baby, so having grown up watching my parents in their shows, it was only natural that I too joined when I was 15. And now here we are!

But enough about me, you want to hear about how rehearsals are going, oh yes you do(!)

Well I’m extremely excited to tell you that we had our first costume run on Sunday. It’s always so wonderful seeing everyone all dressed up and sparkly, it really brings the show together. It was also the first time that we completely ran the show, start to finish. Of course, it wasn’t the smoothest ride but hey, perfection takes time, people! We’re cooking you a masterpiece here! We also had some photos taken for Front of House, and filmed a rather hilarious little introduction video which you may have seen doing the rounds by now, if not, definitely give it a watch!

Monday saw us at our lovely colourful rehearsal hut/nursery, running the show again, out of costumes this time. Scripts were put down, lines were remembered and giggles were most definitely had all round! Honestly, there are some cracking jokes in this pantomime, courtesy of our incredible scriptwriter Warren McWilliams, you won’t want to miss them.

Our Wednesday rehearsal started slightly different than usual, singing Christmas Carols in Southgate for Haven House Children’s charity. It definitely put us in a very christmassy mood before we got down to business! We spent our scheduled rehearsal time going over some dance routines and perfecting our harmonies.

Moving on, it would be silly not to mention that we had our fantastic annual SMP Christmas meal on Saturday, full of festive joy, yummy food, secret Santa presents and of course wonderful friends.

Our Frosted week finished with our 2nd dress rehearsal on Sunday, this time with a few added costumes, much slicker dance routines and tighter harmonies thanks to Wednesday’s recaps! What an incredible team we have

So that’s it for this week! And what a busy week it’s been!

Princess Hannah, signing off!

Tickets for Frosted are now available to book.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

** Sign interpreted performance on Sunday 22nd January 2016**

£14 Full/£11 Concessions. Please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com to book.

Online booking and payment is now available via our website www.smptheatre.co.uk

Howdy Folks, I’m Greg and I’m playing the role of Kristian in our upcoming pantomime Frosted! If you’re not acquainted with the story I’m the tall, dashing hero. I will look to replicate that performance not only in real life but in the show too! But I jest, I am lucky to be working with an extremely talented group of people that continually outdo themselves at every rehearsal. It’s hard sometimes to keep up as their characters develop and the urge to laugh is somewhat irrepressible.

A little about me now, its fine feel free to skip this chapter… I’ve been part of the SMP furniture since I was 11 years old, only having a brief hiatus last year to pursue other avenues…that feels like the right thing to put, but in all honesty I didn’t do much! In my time at SMP I have been in Fagin’s gang in my first show Oliver, the laughable and loveable Wishee Washee, a member of the Jets gang in West Side Story and my last role was as the dastardly Dandy Dan in Bugsy Malone. The only thing I hadn’t ticked was romantic lead….TICK!

Back to the showbusiness and we are feeling the dreaded countdown with only 3 weeks until Christmas. This has led to widespread panic* that there is little time remaining until we present SMPs 102^nd* Pantomime offering. *Journalistic License.

Mondays Rehearsal saw us zip through all of the dance routines we have set with Mrs Fay, as she is affectionately known, cracking her sparkly, step-ball-change whip. Once everything was polished-ish, we moved onto setting the finale dance. Sparkles and more sparkles. Prepare to be dazzled as the chorus dancers encircle and reveal the principles in quite magical style.

On Wednesday, the focus shifted to scene work and yet more dancing. I must say we are a fit bunch indeed. All the pieces of the humorous jigsaw are beginning to slot into place and the final picture is a pleasing one.

Without further ado I would like to thank you all for reading my ramblings and promise me you’ll jump aboard and buy tickets! I will even come out front after the show to sign your programme and grab a selfie!

Tickets for Frosted are now available to book.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

** Sign interpreted performance on Sunday 22nd January 2016 **

£14 Full/£11 Concessions. Please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com to book. Online booking and payment is now available via our website smp.snowhosting.co.uk

Hello there!  I am Anna and I am part of the wonderful ensemble for our upcoming pantomime Frosted! This is my second show with SMP and it is an absolute blast!

Our show is fast approaching so this week saw us being very busy with learning the last of our musical numbers extravaganza!  On Monday, all the cast members were extra busy learning two musical numbers that promise to really rock our audience’s world – Wrapped Up & You Give Love A Bad Name (that’s right, Bon Jovi, – you have some serious competition!).  It was a very intense session but with some amazing results at the end of it – we were sounding fierce!

On Wednesday, since we have sent some more cast members on to that extra-important recon mission Eurodisney that Lee mentioned in last week’s blog (and, although it might seem that way, but no, SMP is not actually moving into the Eurodisney castle… or are we?… J), the remainder of the cast was busy recapping all the musical numbers with our wonderful MD Mike.  I dare say it went pretty well… I mean Mike was nearly driven to pull his hair out once or twice during that session but he was still left with most of it by the end – so I call that a successful session!  In the second part of the rehearsal, our director Luke was busy working through the scenes and blocking them with our talented leads.

And on Sunday, we got to take part in the most joyous event that took place in Enfield – The Parade of Light! The SMP family have been working very hard over the last couple of weekends and built a magical float for the Parade – a magnificent white castle with extra sparkly towers and doors, covered in lights (obviously) and loads of tinsel!  Our Frosted princes and princesses were all dressed up on the float singing away while the rest of us, plastered head to toe in fairy lights, tinsel and glitter, followed the float singing and dancing a very special dance created by Marian!  Our youngest SMP member, Jasper, was leading the charge in the lights-covered buggy – trust me, people of Enfield did not know what hit them! There were other fabulous floats in the parade but Frosted one was definitely the most magnificent one of them all! It was a truly wonderful evening and it was great to see so many people enjoying the floats and joining in with the fun – and we got to see some amazing fireworks at the end of it all – SMP life is never boring!

That’s all from me and this week’s blog! Just one thing left to say come and see our show – it will extraordinary!

Tickets for Frosted are now available to book.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

** Sign interpreted performance on Sunday 22nd January 2016 **

£14 Full/£11 Concessions. Please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com to book.

Online booking and payment is now available via our website smp.snowhosting.co.uk

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Hello There

My Name is Lee, and this is my first show with SMP, the last time I was on stage East 17 were number 1.
I was lucky enough to audition and get selected to be part of the chorus (See you’re never too old to start living your dreams on stage)

On Monday I was lucky enough to have been chosen for a very special recon mission to Go to EURODISNEY PARIS and Speak to Elsa and Mickey to get some words of advice for our upcoming PANTO. Don’t you worry, while I was working hard in Disney, the rest of the cast were hard at work learning news songs and adding some final touches to scenes..

Wednesday saw us singing again and recapping all that has been learnt so far, its amazing the sound that can be made with one keyboard, and a number of very talented singers. I’d forgotten just how hard it is to sing and dance at the same time.

Wednesday was also time for us to get prepared for The Enfield Parade of Lights which is to take place this Sunday 27th November at 4pm

It’s a wonderful day in Enfield Town with many things going on including floats and stalls in the town, if you’re able come along have a glass of mulled wine and enjoy the wonderful spectacular event which is The Parade of Lights’

So that’s all from me: make sure you don’t miss out on this truly magical pantomime!
Tickets for Frosted are now available to book.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

** Sign interpreted performance on Sunday 22nd January 2016 **
£14 Full/£11 Concessions. Please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com to book.
Online booking and payment is now available via our website smp.snowhosting.co.uk

Guess what? It’s officially my favourite time of year! No, not Halloween! Not Bonfire Night! No, not even Christmas (although I do love Christmas, I do acknowledge that it is only just November…) No…. it’s Panto Season!

My name’s Ellie and this week I have the lovely job of letting you know what’s being going on in rehearsals for our next production, a brand new pantomime, Frosted. Being a lifelong panto lover I’m very excited to be part of a pantomime I’ve not performed in/seen performed before, especially as I get to play the role of Princess Ella – our magical ice princess! This is now my fourth show with SMP and, as ever, I’m loving every second.

Monday night saw us in the ever capable hands of choreographer extraordinaire, Miss Fay. Having (mostly) recovered from our spook-tacular SMP Halloween party on the previous Saturday we set about recapping all the dance numbers that have been set so far. This was a real treat for me in particular, as I haven’t been needed for dance rehearsals so far, so it was wonderful to see what everybody has been working so hard on! Needless to say, the dance numbers are all looking spectacular already. The second part of the rehearsal saw some of the chorus ladies dusting off their ballet shoes to set a number to a song I sing in Act 2. We’re lucky to have so many talented members in SMP and, thanks to Miss Fay and our four ballerinas, the finished result was absolutely beautiful. We also had a post-Halloween visit from our mystery black cat, who has already claimed the title of the most popular member of SMP.

Wednesday night was another busy night for all. Our fabulous Director and Chairman Luke continued to work on scenes with principals, which all guarantees a night filled with laughter for all involved. Meanwhile Mikey B, our marvellous MD, went through some of the duet and solo numbers in the show. I had a little sneaky listen in and can confirm that everything was sounding amazing already. Finally, Miss Fay was back, this time as co-costume mistress with her fellows costume magicians, Ellie and Debbie. I always LOVE trying on costumes for the first time, and I was super excited to get my first look at my Princess Ella dress – eeeeeeeeek! Putting together so many costumes for a show is such a mammoth task, and I know we are all eternally grateful for all the hours of work that our costume team put in.

As if all of that wasn’t enough excitement for one week, Saturday night saw lots of us celebrate the most joyous of all events – a wedding! Huge congratulations to our beautiful Stacy – who looked like an actual, real life princess – and her Prince Charming Scott, who we can now OFFICIALLY welcome into the SMP Family as a lifetime member!

So that’s all from me: make sure you don’t miss out on this truly magical pantomime!

Tickets for Frosted are now available to book.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

** Sign interpreted performance on Sunday 22nd January 2017 **

£14 Full/£11 Concessions. Please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com to book.

Online booking and payment is now available via our website smp.snowhosting.co.uk

Dearest Frosticles…or should I say ghouls & ghoulettes,

Welcome back to our blog, cherubs, we do hope you’ve enjoyed hearing about all our backstage antics so far.

This week at SMP HQ we continued to storm ahead with rehearsal joy for our fabulous family panto “Frosted”, it’s brand new and original, and penned by my very own Hubsicle too, eeeeek.

We started our week with another fabulous dance rehearsal under the stupendous supervision of our dance task master, Faybellene, and it wasn’t just a dance I tell you, it was a full on work out too. After recapping all the routines set so far, we got stuck into our latest group number where fabulous Fay introduced some partner work. This caused MUCH fun and giggles for the cast, and once we’ve nailed those moves this number will be just perfect for our “Ball at the Ice Palace”. Well done, as always, to our courageous choreographer and our hard working cast.

The BOO-gieing didn’t end there though, oh no it didn’t, our second rehearsal of the week found us in the very capable hands of Musical Maestro, Mikey B, immersing us in a wonderland of disco classics and resulting in the ultimate mash-up…oooh, our band are going to have a lot of fun with this one, and we can’t wait to hear it.

As the weekend arrived so did our fabulous new promo flier, wahooo. It’s been superbly designed by fab friend of SMP, Mr Ewan Warburton (thank you Ew, it totally rocks) and has already started making its way around, thanks to our Queen Tina and Dancing Delight Lynz, who handed lots out at the The Dugdale Centre this weekend. Thank you very much lovely ladies.

Finally we ended our productive week with a bang, a very spooky one, at the annual SMP Halloween Bash. Our super Social Team did another FANGtastic job as we enjoyed devilish decor, nasty nibbles, pumpkin pong, costume competitions and a deadly disco. So much fun was had by all and a little bit of fundraising made for the group too. Thank you very much to our Social Team and to all who attended. SMP are very grateful.

Well that’s it, peaches, nothing more to report for now, so as we head into another joyous week of rehearsals, we wish you a bootiful & Happy Halloween

XXXX

Tickets for Frosted are now available to book.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

** Sign interpreted performance on Sunday 22nd January 2016 **

£14 Full/£11 Concessions. Please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com to book.

Online booking and payment is now available via our website smp.snowhosting.co.uk

My name is David Bowman, I play The Herald, here is my blog!

This week we have reached an exciting time tin rehearsals, the point where the show is just starting to take shape. We are setting scenes, finding the nuance and humour in our characters, and realising the choreographer’s vison in our dances. It is a time I have always loved in the rehearsal process where anything is still possible but we start to see glimpses of what will become the highlights of the show.

Monday this week was also the day when we found out that our new Monday night rehearsal space is a children’s nursery during the day! There were toys and costumes, and puppets, story books, and a nice note from the staff, and we had so much fun we almost forgot we had to rehearse! See the pictures if you don’t believe me! Once we got going I was pleased to be set in my first dance of the show.

In Frosted I play the supporting part of The Herald. When you have one of the smaller parts in a show you get great opportunities for cameos, but often miss out on a bit of the chorus dance banter. So I was pleased to get in on this one and throw some energetic, but defined, shapes under the expert, and ever patient, guidance of our choreographer Fay.

On Wednesday we were setting scenes, with many laughs to be had, particularly, but not exclusively, in the comedy scenes. With a few people missing I particularly enjoyed the opportunity to play multiple diverse parts simultaneously in colourful fashion.

We always laugh a lot at these rehearsals which is great fun but also good for the show, as for good stage comedy to work it is essential to get the giggles out of the way beforehand. Hopefully come opening night we can leave those to you in the audience!

If this week is anything to go by, it is shaping up to be a great show, with; A script that is original and extremely witty, Music that is catchy and occasionally surprisingly touching, Dancing that is lively and fun, And a cast that are talented, energetic and thoroughly lovely bunch of people!

Booking is now open so why not get that order in, bag those front row seats and I’ll see you at the theatre!

Tickets for Frosted are now available to book.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

** Sign interpreted performance on Sunday 22nd January 2016 **

£14 Full/£11 Concessions. Please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com to book.

Online booking and payment is now available via our website smp.snowhosting.co.uk

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Hello frosticles!!!

So this week you have me aka Lucy aka the BIRTHDAY girl guiding you through the blog!

We began our rehearsals on Monday with a fabulous recap of the dance numbers we’ve set so far. Our wonderful choreographer Fay put us through our paces once again and our two opening numbers are now polished and looking fantastic.

I’m proud to say I suffered for my art at this rehearsal – smacking my hand on a table after performing a dance move a bit too vigorously (sadly it wasn’t even the right move at the time). But other than that it was a scandal-free rehearsal.

Wednesday saw us back at the keys with our epic musical director Mikey B, learning two new songs. The solo for Princess Hannah played by the wonderful Sophie Short, and the solo for Frosty the Snowman, played by the fabulous Jenny Storey. As to be expected, Mike has come up with some amazing arrangements for these songs, and has got us sounding absolutely fantastic.

We even managed to find ourselves a brand new mascot for the show this week (those of you familiar with our last few shows will know that this is an SMP MUST!). Our (nameless/copyrightless) snowman oversaw the entire rehearsal and I have it on good authority that he was extremely impressed with our efforts.

Some of the cast also had a great time this weekend performing for the St Anne’s School Tea Party. I wasn’t there myself, but have heard that they were most welcoming, and the cast loved every minute of the fantastic event!

But MOST IMPORTANTLY this week was host to some VERY important events. Both myself and our choreographer Fay celebrated our birthdays this week. And in true SMP style we were spoiled rotten and sung to beautifully by our uber-talented friends and family.

It may only be early days in our rehearsal process, but with a script, a cast, and a creative team this awesome, I’m confident in saying that this show is not one to be missed! Get yourself online and get those tickets booked ASAP! It’s sure to be a popular one. Miss it and miss out!

Tickets for Frosted are now available to book.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

** Sign interpreted performance on Sunday 22nd January 2016 **

£14 Full/£11 Concessions. Please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com to book.

Online booking and payment is now available via our website smp.snowhosting.co.uk

Hello Panto lovers I’m Andy Jordan, it’s my turn to let you all know how the rehearsals are progressing for next year’s panto Frosted this wonderful production written by the amazing Warren, directed by the magnificent Luke, musically directed by the dazzling Mike and choreographed by the bodacious Miss Fay.

This week we started our 2nd dance rehearsal to the opening number ‘Ice’, original Music and Lyrics by the very talented Mike our very own Musical Director. It’s a great opening number that will set the scene for a great show. Miss Fay’s choreography got us all sweating and looks really good and will only get better.

Although I wasn’t there for Wednesday night’s principal blocking I’m sure Luke did a sterling job.

Well that’s all from me please get your tickets and you will find me on stage I’m the tall one probably lifting people (thanks Miss Fay).

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Tickets for Frosted are now available to book.

Thurs 19th to Sat 21st January 2017 at 7.30 p.m. & Matinee on Sat 21st & Sunday 22nd January 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

** Sign interpreted performance on Sunday 22nd January 2016 **

£14 Full/£11 Concessions. Please ring 0844 414 2731 Or email SMPTickets@hotmail.com to book.

Online booking and payment is now available via our website smp.snowhosting.co.uk