My friends, we did it! Well, mainly me. But without you who would have been there to applaud me? Exactly. A greater team effort hasn't been seen since Caesar and Mark Anthony. Ah, but in serious serioussus, a big hearty Bozza thanks to you all for coming along. I do hope you enjoyed it. And from the standing ovation (no, really - ed.) I shall assume you did. Here's (most of) Team Boris all looking justifiably cheerful after the final performance. A nicer and hard working bunch, you could not hope to meet. Not in Government anyway. I don't want to be indiscreet but that Liam Fox, let me tell you... Team Boris will be back with more shows later in the year. Until then, do let us know what you thought on the social media bobbins. Or join the Blowfish Theatre mailing list.
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Well, if that wasn't maximus laborious. A five hour tech rehearsal! For a one hour show! Team Boris really are taking things to a whole new level. I actually left, dear reader, half way through. I'm not getting paid for this nonsense and the level of detail from "Director" Kyle Williams was bordering on the absurd. The man was cueing every light for this concocted miscellany of balderdash like he was in the West End. Mark my words - that young man is going places. A place with secure walls and trained medical staff.
I'm told they got there in the end and, all in all, were very pleased with the result. Apparently, the lustrous shine that technician Sadie manages to shimmer off my blond tresses is really quite something to behold. You have to see it to believe it - which you can, if you reserve your seats here! Well, golly, Miss Molly. Team Boris has only gone and done their first show. And what a corker! They weren't laughing in the aisles. But only because the venue didn't have any. I did see a chap almost fall of his seat. And one lady had tears in her eyes, though that may have been because I was sitting next to her. Team Boris' unconventional rehearsal technique (of actually rehearsing rather than the true Bozzer method of "wing it on the day") paid great dividends. Good times were had by all, observers and performers alike. Pre-show, I got the crowd all worked up into a hoppy lather downstairs at the marvellous Doncaster Brewery. Here I am, doing my man of the people, didn't go to Eton and Oxford at all, politician act... And here's some of the gang on the way back to Sheffers celebrating in the official, definitely-not-a-Ford-focus "Team Boris" Van. All in all, to quote me, quoting me, "My, what a rush!"
There are some more photos of our smashing time in Donny here. See you at the Library Theatre this Thursday and Friday! My friends, as the sort of fellow who believes in winging it on the day, I've been a bit shocked at how much effort Team Boris is putting into rehearsals. When I played Richard III at Eton, I just taped up my lines to either side of the stage and ran back and forth between them. Everyone thought it was hilarious. But, apparently, what's good for the Bozzer is not good for the gander. (Team Boris - ed.) These chaps do things more than once till they get it right. And then some of them even want to do it again. Honestly, they rather remind me of Michael Psyho Gove. Very keen they all are. Too keen. Something's not right...
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