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Post by kathryn on Sept 4, 2018 17:01:02 GMT
I’ve just won tickets to this Thursday night through work!
Has anyone been yet?
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Post by kathryn on Sept 7, 2018 7:57:14 GMT
So this was rather a delightful experience! Never been in the Swanamaker before so it was all new - and they used the space particularly well. The lighting and extinguishing of the candles was very effective, as was the music - the acoustic is beautiful - and the way the audience was included (holding the ‘horses’ for the actors, passing around playbills for the ‘worthies’ show, etc - nothing scary for those of us who dislike ‘participation’).
There’s very much a childhood/fairytale theme. The actors gallop around on wooden toy horses, the boy Moth(?) becomes an invisible/imaginary friend of Don Armado - who plays his lines while musical tinkles and strings denote his movements, almost Tinkerbell-like - and the performances are all delightfully playful. The melancholy ending is very much marking the end of childhood.
Really enjoyed it.
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Post by Jan on Sept 7, 2018 15:52:48 GMT
The melancholy ending is very much marking the end of childhood. Oh that’s quite clever isn’t it ? The normal ending is the start of World War I - I’ve seen that so frequently it’s almost a cliche. Who is the director ? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 15:53:35 GMT
Nick Bagnall, I believe.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Sept 7, 2018 21:31:41 GMT
In total agreement with kathrynA magical playful innocence that pervades the intimate Swanamaker. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 21:58:37 GMT
What’s with the short run, it’s only on for three weeks?
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