Happy birthday Gaz from us all here at SN, our babyfaced boy has reached the grand old age of 27 but still looks the same to us as the wide-eyed starstruck kid who wandered into our old offices on Bradley St all those years ago on the off chance we were looking for someone.

A few things you didn’t know about the birthday boy:

He has a cat called Faberge, yes people Faberge.  Turned his nose up at Burberry and went straight to the top…..

He has made eating into an art form, 6 solid meals a day is no feat for this trooper, nor it seems is half a birthday cake.

He is very active in extra curricular SN activities including vice chair of Friday Fun Club (FFC), an incredibly important role as well as being a key member of Geek Club, embrace the diversity

Mr Butterworth we salute you, may you spend an additional 20% of your life at keeping us all entertained with your photoshopped pictures of various team members.  Happy birthday!

It was good news for all at SN last week when the Normster returned from what appeared to be a 52 week holiday to take control of the production side in her military dictatoresque style that you come to know and love….Of course she almost didn’t make it largely due to the fact that she was weighed down by the massive rock on….yep, you guessed it her ring finger!  Frankie Childs, the charmster himself had proposed on the second day of hols in the Atlas mountains in Morocco…..On one knee….In front of a waterfall (collective ahhhhh / puke depending on your romantic inclinations).

After Norms managed to compose herself having burst into tears (usual response I’m assured) it was all Frankie could do to keep his fingers as she dove Frodo style, finger first onto the ring to ensure that she wasn’t dreaming / hallucinating.

It goes without saying that we all wish them all the happiness in the world (although that’s always seemed a bit strange to me….what about the rest of us?  Maybe it should read, all the happiness in the world that you can realistically expect without being greedy and/or impinging on someone elses?) and we’re sure they will have a wonderful future together.

Of course we could be wrong with Norms already admitting that Frankie hadn’t thought past the proposal and the ’s**t that goes with a wedding’ but love will triumph and all that yadder, not to mention Norm’s unrivalled organisational skills which will surely make the day go without a hitch.  And of course they do make one hell of a gorgeous couple.  Congratulations guys

And who would have thought the SN crew had lives outside / prior to Studio North?  I know I found it difficult to believe but occasionally you hear titbits that you hope to the very core of your bitchy little being that it’s true and my friends, I have one such piece of informatic gold.  Our very own Mr Sean Booth, otherwise known as Smoothy Boothy used to attend circus club….Oh yes, the avid performer can juggle not only balls (blatantly for the wimps) but knives and fire (big ooooooh please).  He even appeared onstage in a production of ‘Barnham’ (so long ago that not even trusty Google can resurrect it) wearing bright pink tights.  Unfortunately we were unable to get tight photographic evidence but, being unable to get the image out of our heads we have created our own ’artist’s’ impression.  Ok ok so the tutu takes it a bit far and the general ensemble rather than the tights themselves are pink, but you have to admit it looks good