Super second night

Another great show last night...

We had to get there early as the Telegraph were coming to take some more photos (hope we get some colour ones in this time). There was a group shot of the principals, and then one of Pete, Caroline and I in a suitable pose. I hope they got a good shot, coz we kept giggling while trying to maintain our serious expressions!

There was a good atmosphere backstage. Everyone was really pumped up by the excellent review in the paper, especially me.

The opening numbers all went well. My voice wasn't quite what it was on Tuesday - I had given it my all to make sure we had a good start and was suffering a little - but I still managed OK. Pete and Caroline were still in fine voice, as were the chorus.

The audience (another packed house) were quite responsive, giving good applause in the right places.

"Damned for all time" started OK, but I seemed to have a problem with my microphone after a while - not good. I wasn't really aware of it till everyone asked what had happened when I came off stage. The sound guys changed the wire and it seemed to do the job. When I had finished my song at the top of the stage, the lights faded to black, and still the audience were in silence. It wasn't until I had wearily plodded off stage down the steps that they realised it was over and started the applause.

The second half was great. The Apostles sang really well again, and Pete's "Gethsemane" was outstanding as usual. Huge round of applause, well deserved.

I didn't see much more of the second half, but what I heard through the PA sounded great.

My death went well as usual. The guys lowered me to the balcony floor in the blackout and gave me enough slack on the rope so I could make my way down the steps to be unhooked. I think this probably worked better than doing it on stage and was a little safer than wrapping me in a blanket. Hopefully it looked good.

Then the quick dash to change for "Superstar". I was a bit more organised this time so it wasn't quite as bad as normal. I didn't really have the voice for this, but then again it is always a bit of a strain at this point of the show. But the performance was good and the Soul Girls were great as usual.

The crucifixion went according to plan this time. Stunned silence from the audience, then applause, then as the house lights came up they filed out, many maintaining their gaze on Peter as they went. He stayed up for about 20 minutes this time and was pretty shattered when he came down - hardly surprising.

So that's another night gone. 4 more perfomances to go.

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