Chapter Five
The Teapot
A size ten is only a number.
When Agnus arrived at the first panto players’ rehearsal, her ready-for-battle entrance silenced the room. No one thought she was coming.
Dressed in her leather jeans and matching jacket, she greeted George with a gloved handshake, held a pose for everyone to see her tight new yoga arse, then took a seat beside Heather, the secretary, the publicists, and the coffee maker.
George stood at the back of the hall and ordered the lights “dimmed” and a spotlight for Derek turned on.
The postman, poised on a ladder sorting the lighting, shouted, “Hold your horses,” which George ignored, switching the main lights off.
The hall plunged into dark silence as the cast waited for Derek to appear onstage.
Derek stood at the side of the stage pr
