Post by Abby on Sept 8, 2011 0:22:29 GMT 1
So yesterday 6th September 2011, i headed off too london and met up with Carly aka carsam/HandrewUK and Tracy aka Bagpuss/PrehistoricCat.
We were off too see The Belles Strategem which is starring our very own Hannah!
We'd booked into our hotel, had some food and enjoyed the views from our window....
I know your jealous of the view, i couldnt believe our luck!!! Anyways, enough of our fantastic view....we thought we'd head on down to the theatre and see if we could meet hannah before the show, after some suspicious hanging around we went to ask someone how to meet cast members, one woman told us to ask some bloke round the corner who turned out to be a cast member, he said this was the only way in, he asked if we were here to see anyone, we said said and for him to guess, he said he couldnt and to tell him, so as i went to say "hannah" so carly to my right did the 'S' from s club party....too cool and he seemed to know what she meant! haha but they were doing final dress rehersal so to be in the bar after the show and thats where we could meet her.
So with another 2 or so hours until the reception opened we headed over to cafe nero and was funny cos everytime the door opened one or 3 of us would look haha eventually we headed over about 18:10 and Carly and Tracy got thier tickets and we went through the doors and to the right only to see HANNAH sat on the sofas ahead of us, we did that awkward stop and stare and realisation and muddle around and point here and there and do that "OH! LETS.GO.OVER.HERE" type move....hilarious...and carly tripped up a step, yeah we wernt obvious....bearing in mind the 3 of us are adults!!!
So we sat at a table and got some diet coke and waited and hannah went in, so we went and qued and something about the que didnt seem right.....we were right, in the wrong que! haha oooopsie!
So we finally got into the small theatre where the play was and sat to the right of the stage, all the time watching people coming in, just in case! haha but no one we recognised came in, then the play started and i wont give away stuff but it was fantastic.....full of music and laughter....Hannah sings so so well, not that she couldnt sing before but she just sounds so much better and she was fantastic on stage too, she didnt come near us much but really enjoyed it then at the end they sing a last song and hannah was RIGHT in front of us, literally and she looked at us singing and then smiled at us and stuff when bowing, dont think the 3 of us stopped smiling at her! haha
So we pegged it into the bar and got a drink, seeing some cast leaving along with loads of regular people i was getting anxious we'd miss her, she's only tiny....so we moved over too where she'd come out and low and behold she appeared!
wow.....she is genuinely such a lovely lovely person, she seemed to totally appriciate us coming....let me try and think up some details of the convo we had!
Well, we were all chatting for like 15mins including pictures and autographs, she asked us our names and how we were, did we like the play....obviously! I was shaking like a leaf and asked for a hug [after carly had had one] and i was like "i've been wanting to meet you since miami 7 days" [urgh, not a good impression haha oh well!] and carly asked if she'd recieved her good luck card which she had and said it was up in her house, how very cool! haha and every so often she'd pop in a question about the play, even asked if we could hear her properly, which we could and we told her how wonderfull she sang and she thanked us, we said we'd noticed the earring at the top of her ear and she was like "do you think i should take it out?" and then asked if we could see her tattoos, which we couldnt haha
We chatted primeval and asked if andrew was here, she said no but he's coming another day so chatting away i was saying how we all run different primeval sites and i said im a ben mansfield fan and how me and carly saw him in henry IV and she was like "you girls are so good!" and we talked about how great he is on the stage and she said he was coming to see her some night, then i said how all of us had travelled to see her and i said i'd come up from devon pmsl she lent on the bookcase right in front of me and said "Really? All the way from Devon?" and then carly and tracy said where they'd come from [none of this is in order btw]
Cast members came over asked if she wanted a drink, she did...white wine
haha but we each had pics with her and one older bloke came over and wanted some bits signed, primeval stuff and she did and was like "primevals back in january on itv, watch it!" to this bloke and he just smiled and walked off haha we had a chuckle about it and then she suggested we had a group picture and so the 4 of us stood there for like 10-15 seconds like complete lemons saying "who can we ask?" so i asked some bloke who took a picture for us, then we all kinda called time on the convo, but she was mega chatty and just so so pretty and tiny and.....pretty, i swear her actual beautifullness just does not come across until you meet her, she's like infectious haha
So then she went off and we were all right on our phones with this that and the other and had another drink before we left and as we did so hannah was stood outside, so as we walked by we were like "Bye hannah!" and she turned and waved with both hands "Bye, thank you for coming!" bless her haha
So yeah, fantastic....im now planning on going a few times, 1. for hannah and 2. cos the play is just amazing....not alot tho...maybe 3 times? Just enough over its short run!
So, here are the pics....mine with Hannah and then the group shot!
I've nick named it wide eyes, cos of my wide eyes haha i was so trying to focus on not shaking too much and remembering too smile, cos i often forget too that i forgot about my eyes and they kinda expanded! haha but yay for hannah!
And then the group shot which rocks cos it was her idea!
Amazing, everyone must go see this play, its at the southwark playhouse under london bridge station, go or miss out!
We were off too see The Belles Strategem which is starring our very own Hannah!
We'd booked into our hotel, had some food and enjoyed the views from our window....
I know your jealous of the view, i couldnt believe our luck!!! Anyways, enough of our fantastic view....we thought we'd head on down to the theatre and see if we could meet hannah before the show, after some suspicious hanging around we went to ask someone how to meet cast members, one woman told us to ask some bloke round the corner who turned out to be a cast member, he said this was the only way in, he asked if we were here to see anyone, we said said and for him to guess, he said he couldnt and to tell him, so as i went to say "hannah" so carly to my right did the 'S' from s club party....too cool and he seemed to know what she meant! haha but they were doing final dress rehersal so to be in the bar after the show and thats where we could meet her.
So with another 2 or so hours until the reception opened we headed over to cafe nero and was funny cos everytime the door opened one or 3 of us would look haha eventually we headed over about 18:10 and Carly and Tracy got thier tickets and we went through the doors and to the right only to see HANNAH sat on the sofas ahead of us, we did that awkward stop and stare and realisation and muddle around and point here and there and do that "OH! LETS.GO.OVER.HERE" type move....hilarious...and carly tripped up a step, yeah we wernt obvious....bearing in mind the 3 of us are adults!!!
So we sat at a table and got some diet coke and waited and hannah went in, so we went and qued and something about the que didnt seem right.....we were right, in the wrong que! haha oooopsie!
So we finally got into the small theatre where the play was and sat to the right of the stage, all the time watching people coming in, just in case! haha but no one we recognised came in, then the play started and i wont give away stuff but it was fantastic.....full of music and laughter....Hannah sings so so well, not that she couldnt sing before but she just sounds so much better and she was fantastic on stage too, she didnt come near us much but really enjoyed it then at the end they sing a last song and hannah was RIGHT in front of us, literally and she looked at us singing and then smiled at us and stuff when bowing, dont think the 3 of us stopped smiling at her! haha
So we pegged it into the bar and got a drink, seeing some cast leaving along with loads of regular people i was getting anxious we'd miss her, she's only tiny....so we moved over too where she'd come out and low and behold she appeared!
wow.....she is genuinely such a lovely lovely person, she seemed to totally appriciate us coming....let me try and think up some details of the convo we had!
Well, we were all chatting for like 15mins including pictures and autographs, she asked us our names and how we were, did we like the play....obviously! I was shaking like a leaf and asked for a hug [after carly had had one] and i was like "i've been wanting to meet you since miami 7 days" [urgh, not a good impression haha oh well!] and carly asked if she'd recieved her good luck card which she had and said it was up in her house, how very cool! haha and every so often she'd pop in a question about the play, even asked if we could hear her properly, which we could and we told her how wonderfull she sang and she thanked us, we said we'd noticed the earring at the top of her ear and she was like "do you think i should take it out?" and then asked if we could see her tattoos, which we couldnt haha
We chatted primeval and asked if andrew was here, she said no but he's coming another day so chatting away i was saying how we all run different primeval sites and i said im a ben mansfield fan and how me and carly saw him in henry IV and she was like "you girls are so good!" and we talked about how great he is on the stage and she said he was coming to see her some night, then i said how all of us had travelled to see her and i said i'd come up from devon pmsl she lent on the bookcase right in front of me and said "Really? All the way from Devon?" and then carly and tracy said where they'd come from [none of this is in order btw]
Cast members came over asked if she wanted a drink, she did...white wine
haha but we each had pics with her and one older bloke came over and wanted some bits signed, primeval stuff and she did and was like "primevals back in january on itv, watch it!" to this bloke and he just smiled and walked off haha we had a chuckle about it and then she suggested we had a group picture and so the 4 of us stood there for like 10-15 seconds like complete lemons saying "who can we ask?" so i asked some bloke who took a picture for us, then we all kinda called time on the convo, but she was mega chatty and just so so pretty and tiny and.....pretty, i swear her actual beautifullness just does not come across until you meet her, she's like infectious hahaSo then she went off and we were all right on our phones with this that and the other and had another drink before we left and as we did so hannah was stood outside, so as we walked by we were like "Bye hannah!" and she turned and waved with both hands "Bye, thank you for coming!" bless her haha
So yeah, fantastic....im now planning on going a few times, 1. for hannah and 2. cos the play is just amazing....not alot tho...maybe 3 times? Just enough over its short run!
So, here are the pics....mine with Hannah and then the group shot!
I've nick named it wide eyes, cos of my wide eyes haha i was so trying to focus on not shaking too much and remembering too smile, cos i often forget too that i forgot about my eyes and they kinda expanded! haha but yay for hannah!
And then the group shot which rocks cos it was her idea!
Amazing, everyone must go see this play, its at the southwark playhouse under london bridge station, go or miss out!
