And now we take the treacherous path from Rossi's all the way up these stairs to the theatre.
I hate stairs, and I hate moving unless I have to.
Oh God, I was going to introduce the Watch Me Wednesday and I can't.
Hey, someone's delivered my box, that's nice.
Today is Tuesday the 30th of May.
It's currently 1:15 which is exactly the time that I am supposed to be in my dressing room
[Voices outside] What's everyone doing out there?
Everyone's just arriving at the theatre so I can hear everyone, like, running into everyone's dressing rooms
to see what they're like and saying hello to everyone outside
I've been a little bit under the weather for the last few days so I've spent the last two days pretty much just in bed
Slash soaking up the seaside air and atmosphere, which has been really really lovely
But today is "Get In Day" - Get In Day is basically what it says on the tin
It's when we get into the theatre
So we all arrive, grab our tour boxes which is full of all our, just, personal belongings that we like to take with us on tour
that travel on the big lorry with all of the set.
We grab those, put them into our dressing rooms, unpack everything and then we go and do soundcheck
and spacing and, just all the things that we need to do to make sure that the show is gonna fit perfectly into this venue
into a new stage. One of my favourite things about having been on tour previously with Chitty
is that my laptop remembers the WiFi in every single venue, so all I have to do is just open my laptop and suddenly Ping! I'm online
and it's wonderful
It's the little things, isn't it. It's the little things.
I lost everyone, everyone's gone to warm up.
And I don't know where they've gone, apparently they're in the Admiral Room
Carrie: Hi! Woman: Hello, you okay? Carrie: Yeah.
Woman: Just through where we were last time.
Carrie: Hurrah.
Found them, found them.
[Everyone singing/warming up]
[singing warm up exercises]
On one side of the room we have the entire cast warming up
And we pan around to the other side...there's Oliver Ormson.
All on his own.
The lone wolf in the wild.
[singing warm up continues]
Poor soul.
So I've not been home for two weeks and I'm not going home this weekend
So we're being really cheeky and asking if Jocelyn, the gorgeous Head of Wardrobe, we're asking if she can help us with our washing!
Scott: 'Cause my knickers are filthy.
Carrie: I'm sure they are.
Scott: [laughs]
Carrie: Yay! Scott: Thanks Claire!
Carrie: Thanks Claire! Claire: You're so welcome!
Carrie: Thank you!
[background music]
So after "When You're An Addams", I have about 10 seconds to get up this flight of stairs.
Up to the balcony.
So, I don't know if I can climb this with one hand, let's see.
And then these are the balcony doors.
And I pull them open like this.
And then I'm out onto the balcony.
And Mr Oliver Ormson stands on that balcony, over there.
Come through, this is the Addams family wallpaper
Pretty morbid, pretty great
And down there, is Scott Paige, trying to figure out how to manoeuvre a chaise longue.
Ollie, why haven't you eaten your dinner?
Oliver: I don't like fish.
Carrie: And lizard, and snake.
Ugh!
Oliver: [Makes farting noise] Ugh!
This is Wednesday's view from "Full Disclosure".
Matt's not usually there, but...
Thank you. Matt: Close the door. No worries.
Carrie: Thanks, darling.
Come on!
Wait... Oh God.
There we go.
Oliver: I see dead people.
Carrie: So we have to be in these stairs for a change.
For a scene change, we get moved around, but we're on a rake.
So we might roll off the edge of the stage.
Oliver: Tell my story.
If I die-
I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die.
Carrie: You're not gonna die, shut up.
[Piano music plays]
Carrie: Oh God.
Oliver: Here we go! [mechanical noises in background]
Carrie: I can't see anything.
Oh my God.
[mechanical moving noises continue]
Carrie: *sings triumphantly*
This is the change in "One Normal Night" where we're on the stairs
and we're moving around.
This is Grant, who plays Pugsley.
[Cast sings "One Normal Night"]
Carrie: Make yourself at home.
[laughs]
This is what happens when you put a bed on stage
This is my favourite sound check.
[Dickon grunting]
[scattered laughs from cast]
Dickon: [laughs]
Man: Great job, thank you.
[laughing and applause]
Oliver: [sings "One Normal Night"]
*in American accent* Come on.
Man: Come on!
[Carrie and Oliver singing "Crazier Than You]"
Scott: Hi Carrie! I've brought up all your washing.
It's there, all folded, all lovely and clean...
especially for you.
God bless.
Have a great show. Namaste.
*Tongue click*
I stole a mint thing.
Cheers lovie!
["Only Us" from Dear Evan Hanson plays]
Voiceover: Ladies and Gentlemen, the house is now open. Please do not cross the stage.
["Only Us" from Dear Evan Hanson continues]
Carrie: In a livestream recently that I did with Scott Paige, we were asked the question:
"Do we have any rituals that we have within the show that we do every single day?"
And I started to try and explain one ritual that I have with Oliver Ormson, who you will have seen in past Watch Me Wednesday's
He plays Lucas, who is Wednesday's boyfriend
Now there's a song in the Addams Family, called "Can't We Talk About Anything Else But Love"
Now when you hear that song over and over again every single night, sometimes twice a day
The word "But" in that sentence doesn't become B-U-T
It becomes B-U-T-T
And we all become very childish and very immature
And from that childish realisation we came up with a dance
Now I can't film this dance in situ during a performance because I have a costume change within the show
And it would give away something about Wednesday and the story that we'd much rather you find out when you come and see the show
So, I filmed it yesterday during our Get In when we were rehearsing said song
So here is our special, choreographed performance of "Butt Love"
And I apologise for the really childish immaturity
You asked, you guys asked if we had any rituals, this is one of them.
Carrie: [laughs]
God's sake.
Oliver: This is when I walk down the stairs.
Carrie: Yep, this is when you're climbing down the ladder, taking ages.
♪ Let's not talk about anything old ♪
♪ please don't leave us out in the cold ♪
♪ let's not talk about anything else ♪
♪ But love ♪
♪ But love ♪ Carrie: Ready?
Both: B-U-T-T
That's butt love!
Carrie: [laughs]
[click click]