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Yes, we're galloping towards the dress rehearsal for the Bollywood Mikado at the Royal Northern College of Music.

My previous post about the Bollywood Mikado explains all about it, what it is, where it is and why you should go. And no it's not just because of the attractive girls. Or even the dashing men. It's going to be FUN with a capital F!

Thanks to Mark at Simply Networking for putting  a mention in his newsletter.

Also thanks to Rob for his post at his Artisan Marketing Communications blog where Rob suggests we forget Big Brother winner Shilpa and think of me as the star. Nice thought Rob - thanks! No pressure there then, even if I'm only in the chorus.

The only slight hiccup in rehearsal was finding that our set had grown so enormous that we had to act in a very small space, like a keyhole.

Cue one despairing director.  Fortunately with the goodwill and hard work of our vast army of talented crew we got the set back to normal (for Bollywood) proportions.

It suddenly occurred to me that you probably don't know very much about my alternative existence. Yes I admit it I'm a closet "actor/singer". I take part in productions each year in Manchester with the Manchester University Gilbert & Sullivan Society, also known as MUGSS.

This year we're putting on a Bollywood version of The Mikado at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) which has an amazing theatre. Tailor made for musical fun!

The poster you see to the side is the one showing all the details of the show. One other thing we always use an orchestra for our shows.

I've been singing with this group for decades (gulp, that seems like a long time).

Every now and then you think a show is going to be fantastic. This is one of those times.

It's going to be great, the only pity is that I can't see it from the audience as well as be in it.

Still if I was in the audience I wouldn't get to do the amazing number of fun dances the men get to do!

By the way if you've seen Bride and Prejudice you may recognise one or two of the dance moves. Where the director got the others I don't know.

The show starts on Wednesday 14th February 2007. Valentine's day, is that a good day to open or not? It continues until Saturday 17th February.

Saturday matinee has a sign language translator dancing around on stage. Well maybe not literally, but we'll see if they get carried away by the bustle, hustle and frenzy of the production.

Tickets can be bought from the RNCM and concessions prices are £5 or £8 for Saturday night.

See you there...