“A thin letterbox in time…”

So it’s finally come. The last week. After feeling like we had so much time left, we suddenly only have a few days left! It remains frustrating to me that I’ve not been able to take advantage of the show being here quite so much this year, thanks to my circumstances, but I’m making up […]

Meet Megan Leigh Mason

Throughout September, we at @SunnyAftFans HQ celebrated Megan Leigh Mason as our Cast Member of the Month, taking over from the brilliant Charlie. Megan has some great moments scattered through the show, and gets quite a bit of stage time thanks to her also playing Dolly early on in the first act. I love seeing […]

Day 6: They’ll never get rid of me

After three and a half hours of sleep, it was time to brave the early morning to queue for tickets… You can never be quite sure whether to get there a couple of hours early or rock up after opening time – as it was looking quite busy I had to err on the side […]

Day 5: If you’re not crying you’re probably deaf

Annual leave for me this time – so another day off work. Phew! At this point it is well & truly needed. Though having to get up fairly early on to go in for tickets negates this slightly, knowing you can commit yourself fully to Sunny Challenge for the day is a relief! The challenge […]

Day 4: A whiff of Hamburg-era Beatles

A day off work! But somehow I was just as busy, rushing around on errands all morning – and even once I got myself back home for a bit I seemed to have a lot of things to do… Hardly the slightly relaxing day that it possibly could’ve been! Charlie asked me on Tuesday if […]

Day 3: He’s a victim of his own genius

Onto the third day of six, and luckily I only have to work during the afternoon – so a bit of time to recover from the previous two nights before heading into town again to procure a ticket and work for a bit. I was still feeling quite jubilant from the previous two shows, and […]

Day 2: Bewitching, beguiling

So it was my first day combining work with challenge week… It’s just as tiring being part-time as it was on my previous full-time weeks! It was a pretty full-on day at work, so knowing I had the show to look forward to in the evening made things a lot better. Especially as I ended […]

Day 1: Bow to the inevitable

Sunny Challenge 4.0 got off to an early start, thanks to the fact that I had to travel back across the country to return to London – so straightaway I’m pretty exhausted. Perhaps doing the show six nights in a row is going to be a physical challenge after all? It’s hard to believe that […]

Sunny Challenge 4.0

It’s taken a while, but I am now finally heading into my first challenge week with the 2015-16 class of Sunny Afternoon! Circumstances haven’t been on my side so far this year – either having money but not the time, or the other way round. Luckily a week freed itself up for the days leading […]

Meet Ryan O’Donnell

Last month, @SunnyAftFans named alternate Ray Davies (Ryan O’Donnell) as Understudy of the Month. Since that announcement, we’ve learnt that he will be taking on the leading role in Sunny Afternoon’s forthcoming UK tour! This weekend he also led the first full ‘Cover Kinks‘ matinée performance at the Harold Pinter. So, as is now customary […]