We have four charming and very excited children alternating the roles of Billy and Poppy but they have not been able to start rehearsals with the adults because the police checks (necessary these days when employing children) have taken weeks to come through. It seems that when an employer with a relatively common name of Geoffrey Williams wants to employ children police checks take much longer as all the other Geoffery Williams on the police files have to be accounted for. Taje notice all you John Smiths wanting to be producers.  However all is well. All police checks have been logged and the children join the adults for the first time on Saturday 24th May. Young Jackson Cairnduff, playing Billy, told the production manager, Bronwyn, that he was coming to rehearsal on Saturday no matter what.