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| Sister Mary McArthur |
‘The Roar of the Greasepaint, the smell of the crowd’. No, that’s not right! ‘The Smell of the Greasepaint, the roar of the crowd’. I am so excited! Here I am sat in my dressing room at the Landor Theatre in Claphaaam, putting on my makeup for my debut performance in the musical 'Nunsense'.
I have never played a part in a musical before- well apart from the donkey in the nativity but that does not count really - tres excitement! My character in ‘Nunsense’ is the Reverend Mother Mary Regina, she’s a feisty thing, cares about her convent, her fellow nuns and she is very bossy (not like me at all).
The story of Nunsense is basically, Sister Julia child of god has served up some Vichyssoise soup and nearly all the sisters die instantly of botulism. They managed to bury 48 of the 52 dead sisters, but the remaining 4 dead Sisters are place in the freezer. The evening’s performance is a fundraiser to raise the cash to bury the remaining 4... it’s a loose plot but a lot more complex than some major West End musicals.
