It only seems like yesterday we were yelling "It's behind you", when someone else was taken away by a Mummy, and now it's February - panto season over for another year.

As always there is a lot of news to share, all relatively current. We try not to put old news on this page!!!!

We're hoping to hear that Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons), gets custody of little Amy, her daughter, again soon, in "Eastenders", whilst Robbie Fraser (Gary Lamont), in "River City", is still working, at the salon with incognito gangster's sister, Vivienne McCabe. Will he discover her secret?

Gary Lamont joined RC co-star, Pamela Byrne, in "Puss in Boots" this Christmas, at the Webster, Arbroath, and the two of them co-presented a strand on the Scottish TV programme "Scottish Passport", in an adventurous trip to Turkey, on screen early January.

Another Scottish client, Evelyn Adams, has been busy. She starred as Snow White in the panto of the same name, at Battersea, and also made an advert for "Vapestick". As New Year started, the award-winning Max Frisch play, "Count Oederland", transferred to the Arcola. Watching it a second time after its recent run at the White Bear, there was even more to pick out of this fascinating part-mythical tale. Evelyn was nominated for an "Offie" (Fringe Theatre Award), as Best Actress 2011, for her role in "Count Oederland", and the public have now voted. We are awaiting the result.

Maggie Daniels has been part of the cast at the Union Theatre, wowing audiences with Shakespeare's "King John". Maggie plays Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Queen Mother. The production, by the Steam Industry, has received rave notices. The play finishes early February.

Luke Storey has had a busy time. He toured in a small scale production of "Dick Whittington", in the title role, and after New Year went straight into "Eurocrash", the satirical musical that brings humour to the financial crisis in the Eurozone. The play has been a huge hit in Germany, attracting international press coverage, and has a short run in London in February, but there is talk of invitations to other European countries.

Going back to pantomimes, Theatre Severn, in Shrewsbury, staged "Aladdin" to sell-out houses. The Genie was played by Toussaint Meghie, in a show stealing 70's Shaft style, whilst the Genie of the Ring, in a part that can be cut down, but in this production was huge, was played by an adorably Estuary, Anna Westford

In India / Earlsfield, "Cinderella" took on a distinctly Asian feel, in a sell-out run for Tara Arts. Prince Charming was played by a rather sexy Nitin Ranpuria, whilst the Fairy Godmother (also an Aubergine, don't ask), was played by a rather purple Sian Van Cuylenburg

In the outposts;-

1.... Macau. Robin Rightmyer, is in this season's cast at the Venetian resort there.

2.... Nottinghamshire. Allan Foxton is currently working for Pintsize in "I want, I want".

3.... Morocco. Sonu Louis, did some filming there for the new series "Civilisation", in which he plays the knight, Tancred de Hauteville, the subject of one of the episodes of this series about historic figures.

Look out for some soon-to-be-screened adverts;-

Meg Kubota, for British Airways.

Philippa Tozer for Danette (A french version of Danone)

Ursula Campbell for Colgate.

Also in february, Shammi Aulakh is doing corporate work with the Royal College of GP's, and Helen Worsley is doing a corporate film for the NHS.

Lastly, but not leastly, our Marcus McSorley had two really nice jobs at the end of 2011. It makes you want to become an actor when you hear that he got to play David Beckham in a English-language teaching film, and then was the romantic lead in a pop video for a hot Portuguese pop star. Some people have all the luck!