Interesting article on Mrs Henderson:
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/co-down-actress-rhiannon-set-to-bare-all-in-order-to-fulfil-her-dreams-on-the-west-end-34402575.html
The article is about Rhiannon Chesterman, one of the Windmill girls, who is also the lead understudy for the main role. So if Emma is sick, Rhiannon is the one who will come to the center of the stage and sing naked.
Interesting part of the article -- seems they made everyone get naked, even the stage hands:
The naked scenes have created a bit of a pre-launch stir for the production but local girl Rhiannon insists she has had no problems baring on all on stage.
She revealed that during rehearsals everyone who had to be present during the naked scenes - including stage hands and production crew - had to join the actors by also stripping down to the buff.
She says: "It is very tastefully done and entirely relevant to the story, so it is not seedy in any way."
Just like the original Windmill Girls, Rhiannon and her co-stars will stand like naked statues, with nothing left to the imagination.
"When you are on stage with the lights on you feel as if there is a barrier between you and the audience which makes it easier.
"During rehearsals as a circle of trust anyone coming into the room had to be naked as well or they weren't allowed in - and that included the director, so we were all in it together which was pretty cool.
"My parents will be coming to see me, which will be a bit bizarre and I will be warning my dad at which point he will have to close his eyes."
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