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(10 Jun 2004) SHOTLIST 1. Exterior Palace Theatre 2. Rod Stewart arriving in theatre 3. Various Penny Lancaster performing 'Hot Legs' 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rod Stewart: “you know, I was just hoping and praying that she didn't fall over or forget the words but she was absolutely tremendous. I'm proud of her even if she hadn't done this tonight (Q: Did you giver her any tips ?) Because when you have a big night like this you tend to get dry in the mouth because of nerves, so what did I teach you? Bit the side of your cheeks get the juices flowing. Apart form that i think she's a natural at it.“ 5. Various Penny Lancaster performing 'Hot Legs' 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Penny Lancaster: I'm still actually calming down. I still got the jittery shakes and nerves inside of me (Stewart - looking at cleavage - “I can see darling“) it's almost like, when I was backstage getting ready to come on I felt I was like in a plane getting ready to jump with a parachute on my back, that's terrifying. Then out there I could here all the screams and all I knew all the people would be out there watching and I felt like my legs were like jelly. It was the biggest high I'd ever experienced and it was an incredible opportunity.“ 8. Various Penny Lancaster performing 'Hot Legs' 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rod Stewart: “you put yourself in her place doing that tonight. It's quite extraordinary. I think she's got tremendous courage and guts and it's for a wonderful cause. Penny Lancaster: If it hadn't have been fro that i don't think I could have mustered the nerves. But that was my purpose, that was my reason here, to have fun and fro the RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind) Rod Stewart: “You can I have a drink now darling, clam you nerves.“ 10. Various Penny Lancaster performing 'Hot Legs' 11. Various crowd applause back to Penny Lancaster DANCING PENNY COINS IT FOR CHARITY Model Penny Lancaster made her West End stage debut this evening in a play based on her superstar lover Rod Stewart. The 33-year-old blonde gave a one-off performance in the hit 'Rod Stewart Musical - Tonight's The Night' at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London. Her cameo role was to raise cash for the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) which she and Stewart are energetic supporters. The majority of the box-office takings from the show will go to the charity. In the rock 'n' roll style musical, which was written by comedian writer Ben Elton, Lancaster, who lives with millionaire crooner Stewart in Epping, Essex, sung the jazzy 'Hot Legs' song, danced, and had a small speaking part. She played the head of a gang of sexy Hot Legs girls who call on the aspiring rock star, Stu Clutterbuck, who trades his soul with the devil for that of his hero Rod Stewart, to give him a manicure. Dressed in an off-the-shoulder white mini-dress with red floral print and black lace ra-ra mini-skirt by the designer Wheels & Doll Baby, and white stilettos, model-cum-photographer Ms Lancaster performed in front of a packed audience,which included Stewart. Eight dancers in white mini-dresses with the Hot Legs slogan daubed on the back, just visible red bras, white nurse-style hats, black fishnets and red stilettos, joined her in the Hot Legs song and dance. Ms Lancaster, had 11 hours of rehearsals for the debut, but it is not her first attempts at theatrics. Lancaster, studied song and dance at a local stage school when she was growing up in Chigwell, Essex. The celebrity couple, also hosted a star-studded pre-show party to raise cash for the charity. Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive:
