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11:04 a.m. Kevin wrote:

Who knows what a normal pregnant woman does? I could’ve said Georgia would rather have been organizing her post-pregnancy work schedule or committing the contents of her freezer to Excel.

11:05 a.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

How’s Nicky-Rose?

11:05 a.m. Kevin wrote:

Ok. Why?

11:11 a.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

She’s less communicative with me than ever, yet seems very close to that mouse Isabel Beck.

11:12 a.m. Kevin wrote:

They meet before rehearsals in Squires.

11:12 a.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Does that strike you as odd?

11:13 a.m. Kevin wrote:

No.

11:14 a.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

And finally, it’s Joel Halliday OBE.

11:14 a.m. Kevin wrote:

I KNOW!

Message exchange between Carol Dearing and Kevin MacDonald on May 31, 2025:

11:29 a.m. Carol wrote:

Don’t think I didn’t notice the sly and not-so-subtle dig, Kevin. You’re lucky I’m too busy with The Count of Monte Cristo to care!

11:31 a.m. Kevin wrote:

Just sorry we won’t see you onstage, Carol. You’d have made a decent Lady Angkatell.

11:33 a.m. Carol wrote:

Nonsense. Fran is a fabulous actor. She’ll bring the house down.

11:38 a.m. Kevin wrote:

That’s what I thought, and she was amazing in those early rehearsals, but in the last few weeks her performance has taken a dive.

11:40 a.m. Carol wrote:

Perhaps something outside of Fairways is bothering her?

11:41 a.m. Kevin wrote: