Friday 7th November 2009: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelth Night, Courtyard Theatre
A long night, but more than worth it. I had seen the production of Dream in 2005, and though the revival has changed the original production and it had been recast. With Brummie mechanicals, slightly scary fairies and a magical use of the language, with very little set to speak of.
Coming back in at 11pm, Filter Twelth Night was a complete change from Dream. The stage being a mess of cables, and an anarchic sense of what the play this made for a great late night show, though shamefully one night only. For example, the late night drunken scene between Maria and the two nights, involved take-away pizza, tequila shots and some strange ball throwing, though it took the mind away from Shakespeare's, it did not ruin the text.
Next: Possibly Enjoy. On 22nd November, will be a backstage tour at ENO to report on, and the RSC's The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes at Wilton's Music Hall
Wednesday 12 November 2008
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