CAMP COAT:

Clayton camp more like. Last year for Nunsense we went to Brunswick Heads for the weekend and had a blast. The Scout hall where we rehearsed last time wasn’t available this year so we didn’t go.

We did however have an intensive weekend of rehearsal. We started at 10 am, went through till lunch time learning and re-learning ‘Go Go Joseph’ – the big dance number which ends Act 1. The bits we Divas had worked out ourselves really didn’t work with everyone else’s routine so we had to learn a new routine!

A big group of us took over Nandos at lunchtime. We put a couple of tables together and generally took over their outside seating area. The afternoon was full of more dancing, more singing and more ‘Hell I have no idea what I’m doing…’

Dinner was provided for us – John was Master of the BBQ and Lesley and Pam made lovely salads and deserts for us. We all sat around enjoying our food. Bernadette bought me a pink champagne and we had a lovely evening. I sat with Ashley Sarah and Jack. We played ‘look at who’s sitting at each table and give them a label’ The ‘cool kids’ were sitting together (Mat, Michelle, Sara and Maranne); the parents were all at one table; our table was dubbed gay men and fag hags!

During dinner, I read out our ‘Diva-mands’, the celebrity rider I asked the other Divas for input to earlier in the week. I announced to Brad and Lesley and the gathered cast and read about half of the rider out. It went down well and we all had a good laugh. Later in the evening during rehearsal, Brad told us that he had read through our rider, the theatre couldn’t afford us and that he was sacking us and packing us up in our best underwear to Bangkok where we were going to be sold into sex slavery!

The rest of the evening was our first ever run-through. There were lots of holes where we weren’t sure exactly what we were doing, and one or 2 songs we hadn’t done yet but all in all, it wasn’t too bad. I felt a bit better after having done it. We finished around 10 and I stayed at Bernadette’s place. No one had a party, we all just went home – we were too tired! Brad did offer to have a nude spa party at his place but for some reason no one took him up on his offer!

The next morning started at 9am with a cooked brekkie on the BBQ thanks to John again. Then we launched into rehearsals again. Jenny had some of the costumes ready for the boys and they look amazing! I tried on my Diva costume that Lesley was making; it’s gorgeous- a cream empire style floor length number. It’s the closest thing I’ll ever get to being in a wedding dress!!!!!

Went home and slept after rehearsal – soooo tired…