Happy 2010...
Yes dear reader I know I am a bit late, but I have been in the
recovery position since I finished panto in Aberdeen on January
3rd. I have to say that I had a ball ( yes it was
Cinderella...oh no it wasn't...yeh, yeh, yeh....heard it all!!).
A fantastic cast, crew and company, HMT is a great theatre, a
script by Alan McHugh who did a fab job of it as well as being
one of the Uglies ( along with the lovely Jordan Young).... it
broke box office records and was genuinely great fun to
do......so I had a great time though two shows every day is
pretty knackering...hence the fact that I have been lying down
since!!!
Actually, that's not true...I have been back playing a bit of
tennis and have even made it to the gym a few times as well as a
break to Stobo Castle with my sisters. My daughters are starting
to remember who I am and we've had a few shopping expeditions to
help remind them that I am the woman they regard as the walking
purse!!! My husband and I have even made it out for dinner a few
times too....and I have got to see pals for lunch and generally
get my home back... of course obsessed with the Australian Open
tennis and my hero Andy Murray's progress too...
I have done a series of public information voice overs about the
Big Freeze for the government in Scotland which was/is hopefully
decent
advice for all of us given the freezing conditions of the last
few weeks....I certainly learned a few things about finding my
stop valve!!!!
The new series of Rab C. Nesbitt is out. ( Thursdays BBC2 at
9.30)..though I haven't seen any of it yet....not sure what the
reaction to it is....its been pretty positive to my face but
generally people are as they don't want to offend. I have had
comments ranging from 'hilarious, to "not being sure about the
new Gash", to Mary and Ella looking "great' but wondering why
the men are still the same, to "too much bad language".....so
business as usual I would say. I can't bear to watch myself
anyway and I was unable to be at the screenings so I truly have
no idea...but I genuinely hope the public enjoy it...I have a
feeling we might lose some old fans and gain new ones but who
knows....time will tell...
I am off down to Birmingham to see the Panto there at the
Hippodrome there as we hope to do Sleeping Beauty at HMT in
Aberdeen next year
and want to use some of the set and then to the Belgrade Theatre
in Coventry for the opening night of Moliere's The Miser with my
dear pal
Andy Gray in the lead role. I'm then off to London to appear on
The Wright Stuff on Channel 5 on Monday the 1st and then onto
Loose Women
on the 2nd for PR for Nesbitt...I hope to met up with my fellow
pals from Calendar Girls, Brigit Forsyth, Pat Hodge and Julia
Hills too.
Julia and I are taking on the lead roles of Chris and Annie for
what is being dubbed the Celtic end of the tour....we start
rehearsing in July and then open in Cardiff for two weeks and
then touring Scotland ( Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness and
Aberdeen) and ending up in Liverpool. I am looking forward to
the challenge of it...Lynda Bellingham is playing Chris the role
she created, now and is out with it on tour till April, and then
Gemma Craven takes over and then moi!!!
The book has done well too...It feels very strange to me when
people comment on the book...love it or loathe it ( though
thankfully I haven't had that to my face yet!!! its generally
positive...) It just feels strange because at times I can't
remember what I actually wrote, at others its too painful to
remember things about my past or my mum...but generally its just
the fact that people have read it and know a lot about my life
which feels very weird!!
I am appearing at the Pitlochry Book Festival "Winter Words" on
the 6th of Feb, then Glasgow's "Aye Wright" in March where my
wonderful
pal Baroness Helena Kennedy has agreed to interview me for the
session...which should be a laugh, and I have been invited to
the Edinburgh Book Festival in the summer which is lovely!!
So I am enjoying a break and trying to rest after 18 months of
non stop work...and looking forward to good work in the rest of
the year...
Much love and all the best,
Elaine C. Smith
Elaine C. Smith
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NOTHING
LIKE A DAME
By Elaine C. Smith
**Star of BBC series Rab C. Nesbitt and
West End hit play Calendar Girls**
'Elaine C. Smith is a Scottish institution.
But so are Barlinnie and dodgy banks'
– Ian Pattison, creator of Rab C. Nesbitt
Publication Date: 01 October 2009
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