Today was our Technical Rehearsal, an extremely significant milestone in any SMP show! This is the chance our excellent technical team have to really get their hands on the production. It […]
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The Mermaid Blog – Get in and Band Call
The excitement of band call/get in day is like Christmas Eve! There’s a tightly coiled spring of nerves in the pit of your stomach that leave you slightly delirious with […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 15
Hello fellow land dwellers. Prince Derek here, also go by the name Jack, to give you the low down on this week’s little mermaid shenanigans. Wednesday was our first rehearsal […]
The Mermaid Blog – SMP take part in the LNYDP 2018
Greetings wonderful blog readers and sea creatures alike! My name is Lucy and I am playing Mariel – strangely familiar name isn’t it – in SMP’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ this […]
Listen to “A Fairytale Ending”
Here at SMP we’re very lucky to have a plethora of talent to call upon when we put our shows on and if you’ve been to our pantos over the […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 14
Hello landlubbers and denizens of the deeps. It’s Lewis here reporting for the Daily Star(fish). Following a snowy weekend off, this week was kicked off at Cannon house with singing […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 11
Hello Merfolk my name is Debbie and I am playing the part of Briny one of the mermaid sisters! This week we were swept along on the currents of the […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 10
Hi, I’m Mike Benyon, musical director for this and the vast majority of SMP’s pantos in the last 25 years! It’s normally fairly easy to tell early on whether you […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 9
Greetings humans! This week’s blog comes from your very own sea princess- Coral. I’m Mariel’s (ditzy) sister and proud daughter of King Triton- Lord of the Seas. This week’s rehearsal […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 8
Welcome mere mortals. This is Triton! I am Mariel’s father and king of the Merfolk. We had the pleasure this week to be rehearsing one of Jo B’s awesome choreographed […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 7
Hi Marian here, October has been a bit of a busy month for me, so I missed a couple of rehearsals in the last few weeks, which is never ideal […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 6
Greetings! I am Crusty, the super intelligent villainous side kick of Octavia! I am using big words like villainous in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis – you […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 5
Hi everyone out there, my name is Tina and I have been lucky enough to be chosen to not only tread the board’s once again with this bunch but the […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 4
Hello! Luke here, aka Corky a splendidly dense minion shark! Another fun week of rehearsals here in SMP’s production of The Little Mermaid. Monday saw us recapping the dance numbers […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 3
Good to SEA ya, fellow mer-beings Thank you so much for checking out our fin–tastic blog. My name is Jo (or sometimes peach, or cherub, or just whatever you fancy) […]
The Mermaid Blog – Week 1 (Read through, auditions, & first rehearsal)
And so that’s it.. the show has officially been cast! After a fantastically high standard of auditions on the 10th and 11th of September, SMP’s “The Little Mermaid – Panto […]
The Pirates Blog – Show week & The Post Show Blues
Show Week – By Anna Trofimova Well hello there! My name is Petunia The Frail (aka Anna) and I am here to give you a little walk through the glory […]
The Pirate Blog – Opening Night!
Woof! I’m the pooch protecting my dear Patti (played by Carla Segel) and her presbyterian sisters from these pirate ruffians in SMP’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’. The pirate scoundrels have hounded […]
Pirate Blog – Tech and Dress run.
Well shiver me timbers, it’s that time again! Welcome back to another instalment of SMP’s ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ Blog! I’m Michael and I play the peculiarly looking ‘Rowan the […]
Pirate Blog – Get in day
Today my hair is standing on end with excitement as we enter the theatre ready to start performing ‘The Pirates of Penzance’! I’m playing Isabel, the young and giggly daughter […]