First day of rehearsals today, very bright and hot sun just like
yesterday. I spent most of the day running around asking if people had
sun block on; (not holiday makers you understand, the cast; for
continuity purposes later on). The town of Benidorm isn’t most actor’s
dream holiday destination but they all seem to be enjoying the sun,
lounging on sun beds chatting, reading newspapers or learning lines in
between rehearsing. It’s very odd to see people I’ve admired hugely for
years, Steve Pemberton, Siobhan Finneran, Johnny Vegas, Kenny Ireland,
Janine Duvitski and more all in Benidorm, all rehearsing a show that
came out of my head.
