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Aug. 16th, 2020 03:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pensnestBeast and I went to the theatre yesterday!
It was an outdoor production of 'Alice in Wonderland', presented on the lawn outside a nice manor house (they had provided the nicest portaloos ever!). The audience were socially distanced by groups ("no closer than a flamingo" as indicated by a flamingo-onna-stick) and brought our own chairs or rugs. Weather-wise I was a bit worried, as it rained quite hard in the morning, but although there was Tupperware-style cloud cover all afternoon, it did not rain again, and in fact it was rather nice to be a bit cool, after the sultry days we have been having.
It wasn't one of the memorable performances of my life, and I think the script could have been improved upon. But the cast worked really hard (five players, many roles) and were quite inventive with props, and PROJECTED LIKE MAD so that nobody missed a word. The audience did the Caucus Race and the Lobster Quadrille (which looked a lot like the birdie dance but with lobster claws). It was so nice to be able to go out and do something like this. Normally Norwich would be awash with so many activities, there wouldn't be time to do everything, but these days, well.
It was an outdoor production of 'Alice in Wonderland', presented on the lawn outside a nice manor house (they had provided the nicest portaloos ever!). The audience were socially distanced by groups ("no closer than a flamingo" as indicated by a flamingo-onna-stick) and brought our own chairs or rugs. Weather-wise I was a bit worried, as it rained quite hard in the morning, but although there was Tupperware-style cloud cover all afternoon, it did not rain again, and in fact it was rather nice to be a bit cool, after the sultry days we have been having.
It wasn't one of the memorable performances of my life, and I think the script could have been improved upon. But the cast worked really hard (five players, many roles) and were quite inventive with props, and PROJECTED LIKE MAD so that nobody missed a word. The audience did the Caucus Race and the Lobster Quadrille (which looked a lot like the birdie dance but with lobster claws). It was so nice to be able to go out and do something like this. Normally Norwich would be awash with so many activities, there wouldn't be time to do everything, but these days, well.