Children's theatre is something special. As a grown up (yes I am a grown up despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary) it's not just what happens on stage that amuses me. There is as much amusement in what is happening in the seats of the auditorium. Take today. It was the final show of Fame Theatre Company's Cinderella. The Ugly Stepmother and the Ugly Stepsisters had launched into the Bananarama song Venus. A young man innocently asked "why are they singing about a penis?" The plot point was that the Ugly Family were trying to attract the attention of the Prince. If that's your plan, a penis song would do that. Funnily enough, that was my second penis encounter of the afternoon. As I walked down the street to theatre, a stretch limo pulled up and out piled a hen's party. Under one arm was a balloon with an inflatable penis inside. We had a quick chat and the girls said "we have a lot of penises on us", adding "not literally obviously". Well we all have to find out own ways of having fun.
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