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I have been off for a short while - hence no blog updates for a bit.

Strange how things repeat themselves. I spent a few days in London and decided to go to Burlesque Idol. It's the Pop Idol format but for aspiring performers.

There is a real art to burlesque as I discovered a couple of series ago when we did a film about the scene in the North East and delved into its early history.

We visited the grave of 19th Century burlesque legend . As you can see from the picture, modern performer Miss Kittie Klaw made a fabulous impression in the gothic cemetery.

Anyway back to the weekend and on stage seven wannabe burlesque artistes tried to impress the judges and the voting public. My choice took the prize after a "1940's housewife coming home with the shopping" routine. Lots of comedy.

The following night I went to see the This came about as a recommendation from John Hardy from Sunderland who we featured in a film about his time with the .

In the show puppeteers do an amazing job of creating a life-size horse character with all the noises and movements. It's so captivating it reduces you to tears as the animal is used by both sides in the First World War.

Both events had echoes from films we've done and in one weekend I'd gone from high-camp but fun to high-brow and engrossing. As varied as an episode of Inside Out really.

Best wishes for the Easter break and I leave you with my usual zany blog item.
and watch it to the end. It just shows how you can turn everything on its head.

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