Two more dress rehearsals of Anna Karenina to go and we are on from Monday 3rd April for a week! All looking good so far. It should be a very exciting production to be involved in and to watch.

I am at the stage where I am very confident with my lines and complex character depiction and yet still find myself chuntering to myself repeating bits of the lines and reactions in all manner of odd places; my bathroom; as I lock my door coming to work; in the supermarket; under my breath on the bus to work and even whilst blogging!

I should have some pictures from the actual production in a couple of weeks as the official photographs get taken tomorrow night during the second to last dress rehearsal. We have another stab at it Sunday afternoon on the 'final dress' and then attempt to rest up until the first night. No doubt I will be going through all the lines and re-playing the scenes in my head on Monday daytime too. Only 74 pages to remember - easy peasey.

Next season (September 2006 to July 2007) there are some good plays to audition for and I have thoughts about playing Alan Bennett in The Lady In the Van. I will need a sandy coloured wig but can do the voice very well. "As I said to Miss Shepard...."

Well comrades (sorry, all this Russian stuff has gone to my head) wish me luck for next week and I will let you know how it is all going through some regular blogs.

Phil