Boots, boots, boots, boots...

Thousands of them !

Yes it was the 3rd Annual Company Costume Pull today as a host of eager actors got to see who could get the most outrageous or ridiculous costume*. Some of the costumes were dictated by the script e.g. I'm constantly referred to as "yonder fellow in the black", the girls have to dress as gypsies and nymphs(?). Most were dictated by what fit - or in Alex's case, didn't.

The room at the costume store looked like an explosion in a laundry with people being prised, prodded and poked into a variety of flattering (or otherwise) costumes. And masks, plenty of masks.

We seem to have found a new Company star in the shape of Vicky's mum, Elaine, who volunteered to make some costumes. But the highlight of the morning was poor Georgie. When she turned up in her cabin boy outfit, everyone simultaneously went "Aaah!" She'll never live it down.

*Tony