As Julie herself admits, the idea for the play came out of her fascination for families and their idiosyncrasies. And this show certainly had plenty of them! She has proved her ability over and again and we are very fortunate to have her in our group. Long may her fascination continue, but just watch what you tell her!

Putting it on in itself was a drama, what with a late start due to the ongoing show, the fact that the play wasn’t even finished (I suppose that we could have made it into a trilogy!), cast holidays and then the illnesses of various cast and crew, I did wonder if it would be ready in time.
However, everyone pulled together in true KMP fashion and we did produce a wonderful show that was enjoyed and appreciated by our audiences.

The show was adjudicated for the Play Festival on the Thursday and the adjudicator, whilst not divulging her result, was very complimentary to all of the cast and crew and said that she’d had a very good evening and that it was refreshing to see a brand new play.

My thanks to all concerned in the production and especially to Julie for writing it and co-directing, without which it would not nearly have been ready; to Colin for the set, which he did almost single handed and without complaint even when we kept changing it at short notice; to Charley for keeping the whole thing running so smoothly; to Sam and Wayne for their faultless delivery of the light and sound; to Mike for prompting and knowing the difference between the long pauses and abject panic; and to Sue and Alison for the props and set, and also to Sue for standing in as booking secretary when we were all so concerned about Mike.

I would like to thank the entire cast for their dedication and input over the past few months,
and I include Victoria in that as she added so much whilst she was involved.

And finally, it would be remiss of me if I didn’t thank and compliment Jane Buchanan for stepping into an important and demanding role at such short notice, particularly as it’s so long since she has acted on stage.

So, here’s to the next Wilson production. In the meantime ………………. alligator ……..

Jim Curtis