It's panto time!!!

Masks? Under the Government's Plan B theatres in England aren't closed but audiences should wear masks. 

Given that a panto audience is around 60/40 adults to kids it means a massive percentage are unmasked and potentially spreaders.

We kept ours on all the time except when munching a chocolate lebkuchen in the interval.

Due to Covid two main performers were missing and replaced by two actors from a cancelled panto in St Albans. They only had a few hours to learn the parts and appeared with scripts on clipboards from time to time.

This added to the laughs.

The story roughly follows the story of Jack and the Beanstalk that me know. At the end, the leading actor playing Jack doesn't marry the girl, but professes his love for his sidekick Johnny. No one batted an eyelid. 

Again it was a superb performance.

Let's hope the science that Omicron is less dangerous than Delta and previous variants is proved right.

At the end Duncan James (Jack and from boy band Blue) read out some messages.

Mine was the first name check. Firstly he got my name right, and secondly, he seemed surprised when I replied "yes" to his asking if a was there, and an old bloke replied!