How cute is this? Finis, the company that makes and provides the monofins we use in our production of 'The Little Mermaid', have taken inspiration from us and are marketing monofins for kids shaped like Mermaid's tails!

The other great thing about them is that when the kids are strapped into them, they'll never beat you in a race up the beach to the ice-cream stand.

www.finisinc.com

Here we are - photographic evidence to prove that I have been working hard this week.

We've completed week one of rehearsals for 'McCool' and next week we rehearse-in the cast of young people who portray the chorus before performing two shows on Saturday.

We don't normally rehearse this quickly - but this is a special summer project we operate that gives young performers the opportunity to work with a professional cast and crew in rehearsals, so we only get one week to ourselves before they arrive.

This is the cast hard at work. In the bottom left you can see me and the choreographer looking on.

It all kicks off in the morning ...