That's right, the facial hair that I've become quite fond of, is itchy as hell. Now, don't get me wrong I like it and I think it looks good in the Dickens costumes, which are amazing. Very authentic and have a lot of buttons!

We've started adding in the costumes to the blocking of the show. Rehearsals for Dickens Unplugged have been going very well and I'm getting extremely sore fingers playing so much guitar, but it's all worth it. The shows going to be great. It's so well out together and the cast continue to surprise, impress and amuse me Daley.

Rehearsals for West end Rocks have also started this week and it's gonna rock (obviously). The gig has been confirmed for the 27Th of April at Madam Jo Jo's (www.madamejojos.com) in Soho, London. The line up of performers consists of 5 band members and 4 vocalists. They are:

Vocalists;

Oliver Tompsett (www.olivertompsett.com),

Cassidy Janson (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?useaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=150319207),

Paul Ayres who will be appearing in Jersey Boys later this year

Rebecca Trehearn who is currently in Dirty Dancing.

Band;

myself

Ben Heathcote and Adriano Agostino who are both in Mama Mia

Joseph Attenbourgh who is part of the Dickens Unplugged cast

Chris Gardner who will be in the touring cast of Mary Poppins later this year.

The gig is for theatre cares and there is only a small capacity in the venue so get your tickets as soon as you can. This is a charity that's very close to my heart and I'm delighted to be working with and supporting them to raise money. I hope you can help too. There's a link from my links page for more info.

see ya ,

Jon.

(....damn itchy facial hair........)