I’ve just had the most amazing night. I won a competition on a can of dog food to star in a pantomime at Oldham Coliseum Theatre! I’d been hoping I might win but couldn’t believe it when I found the golden ring-pull. The panto was Sleeping Beauty and I was to be Sleeping Beauty herself!
When I arrived at the theatre the cast met me in their bright costumes and showed me the stage and what to do. They all looked so funny dressed up like that! They didn’t have a costume that fitted me but they said that my spots would fit the part just right without one.
They all treated me like a superstar and I felt very important. I had my own dressing room where a make-up artist put on my make-up and brushed my fur ready for the performance.
Soon it was time for the pantomime to start. The theatre was full and everyone clapped as we walked on to the stage! We sang a few songs (I wasn’t too sure of the words so just woofed along) and then I was centre stage. I had to sit at a spinning wheel and pretend to prick my paw on a spindle which would send me to sleep for a hundred years. I could only wake up when a handsome prince came and kissed me.
I was lifted onto a bed and had to lie there for a long time. I was so good at pretending to sleep that I actually fell asleep and started snoring! The pantomime dame crept up behind me and the children in the audience shouted “she’s behind you!” so loudly that I nearly fell off the bed!
At last my handsome prince arrived and gave me a big kiss to wake me up! It was so romantic I went all soppy for a bit. Then we all had to stand in a line and take a bow, and suddenly it was all over! I’ll never forget my night in the limelight – oh no I won’t!!
With love and spots,
Dottie
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