So that's the the Shakespeare at Large event over with which took place in the Ramshorn Graveyard, which took place on Saturday and Sunday just there as part of the Glasgow Fringe Festival and it was a lot of fun to take part in.
For my scene I chose one from Measure for Measure, which I had already performed in a production of last year at the theatre, which was one of most enjoyable productions I had been a part of. So this time I chose to play the part of the Duke and Michael Emans, who played the same part in the full production played the Friar. The first day was not too bad, although we didn't have much of an audience for the piece, but on the second day we had much bigger crowds to play to, as our scene tied in with Chris and India's scene as they played Angelo and Isabella. On the second day unfortunately Michael couldn't make it due to other commitments, so I managed to rope in the help of the excellent Gary Hurr who read in for Michael. So it was good fun to do some role reversal and I even got some nice feedback from some of the audience (and some of my fellow M & M cast members). I also for the scene sprouted a bit of a beard, while it wasn't a full blown belter like Michael's (great beard he has I have to say!) it had a fair bit of growth, but I have since shaved it off as I have an interview today!
As for the others scenes at the event, there were some really good ones that I saw, one of my favs was a scene from The Tempest, with Chris, Tony and Will, all of whom were excellent and it was funny too. Tony (Pat Williams, the director's husband) in particular was really funny as he has tremendous comic timing (replete with Jester outfit!), as he was hilarious in Measure for Measure also as the bumbling constable Elbow. The scenes in the theatre were also really good particularly the scene from A midsummer night's dream, Pyramis and Fisbe, where the actors played out a part of a comical tragedy, also with the young actors playing the Lion, the brick wall, and the moon.
Later on after the show had finished we came back after a few drinks to see the Grimm Tales in the graveyard, the perfect setting for it, as Lou and Anna told some macabre stories from Germany as written by the Brothers Grimm. Although I had to take a quick bathroom break as they say, it was a very funny and bizzarely entertaining show, and the fact that it was just the two of them, made it a more intimate show than their theatre piece last year.
And that's unfortunately the end for the Ramshorn theatre, the building will close at the end of the month and renovations are already taking place on the building, which is a shame the lovely church stands as something of a landmark and to have it covered by some ugly scaffolding does it a mass disservice. STG will carry in some form or other, and you can hope that they will continue to put on some excellent shows in the future. Its just a shame as usual that colleges and universities keep pushing the arts and culture out the door for the sake of saving on money and keeping it all about business. It definitely shows how short sighted these education authorities are as they far less interested in creativity and more in productivity, but its their loss (and well ours too I guess).
Well............. that it. Fin.
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