First night over

It's always good to get the first night over! 1 down, 17 more to go... The show ran well... a few slip ups here and there, but all in all a good show... I had a mini disaster before even hitting the stage...left the braces I needed for my trousers at home! but a fellow cast member gave me a lift back to get them and all went swimmingly from then. Certainly owe that man a pint!

The show starts before the audience has all been seated... with a warm up comic, and then some of the cast (including yours truly) "dressing" the stage... in my case this consisted of stumbling up some stairs and collapsing drunk! believe it or not it is hard work to play a drunken sailor... but I think I got away with it! I know that my character would never have got on in the real Royal Navy. He'd probably have spent most of his time in the brig.

Real world time.... So Hillary has won Michigan... big surprise that but even more interesting is the numbers.... only 55% of those voting on the democrat side voted for her... which is very telling since there was little incentive for Obama or Edwards supporters to come out (and indeed a tactical reason fro them to vote on the republican side). I have to say that I do not see this as an endorsement for her, and feel that even though there will be no delegates, she has effectively lost this one ... So despite the numbers I declare Michigan as no decision, due to lack of a contest. Move on...