Hi all

Sorry if this has been said before:

Apparently, both Letitia and Stephanie, have Panto to do,
and some performances, would impact upon their appearances on the Saturday live shows, in December - not least, THE FINAL! (should either of them progress into the latter stages of the show)

Who knows whether either of them will still be in the show by then?,
I'd say that "all-bets-are-off" currenlty,
given last weeks surprise, of last years winner, going-out on the first night!

It's a bit strange really, those two being signed to the show?, if there's the possiblity of them not being able to go the distance, due to outside commitments, that were no doubt already made, long in advance of the show

Check out my comments in the " Anyone going to the Show thread"

http://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/stage.asp?s=189

You may not recall but in Series 2 , Julian had panto commitments and Aled had to cancel several Saturday concerts as he was in the middle of a national tour .
That series was only 8 weeks though , I think .

Come to think of it?, I do remember about Julian,
I seem to remember him missing a Stars of Series 1 & 2 Special, and being replaced by Aled Jones (?)

I Didn't know about Aled cancelling tour stuff

Yes Aled cancelled a show in Bristol and one in Nottingham and one other ,.
Once they are contracted to do SCD , they can't drop out .
Discussion on his forum was along the lines of should he or should he not give up SCD to do shows . Lots of irate concert goers went on the forum and had a real go .
One man was so pleased he was knocked out said it served him right for cancelling a concert , " He had it coming " he made a big thing of , which was their tango in the semi .

Aled did the Christmas Special instead of him .

surely there are understudys

Tish has been signed up to do panto for months before SCD, I've had tickets since May. She starts on 14th December, there's only 15th & 22nd should she still be in the show, although I think all contestants are at the final. It's only 4 shows, so there will just be understudies in their place.

Well Tish is in panto literally 2 minutes from my house.

So if she shirks on SCD..I will go have a word!!!

what pantos are they in and where

Tish is in Cinderella [Fairy Godmother] at The Regent Theatre in Ipswich and Stephanie is in Jack & The Beanstalk [Bad Fairy] at The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford.