From: "Ray DaSilva" <ray-AT-puppeteersuk.com> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:43:30 +0100 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Unusual places to perform As John said, we have all had similar experiences. Unusual ones for Joan and I were: During breakfast in a hotel in Ghent, Belgium. The festival organiser (Freek Neirynk) had booked us extra performances for the festival sponsors. We were doing a marionette show and the dining room ceiling was low but the large ceiling tiles were removable so our heads were out of sight in the void above, while guests were walking past our stage with their cereals and orange juice. Freek also booked us in to the huge marble hall of a bank on a Sunday morning. The bank was closed for business although the entrance hall was open. I think we had an audience of just four people who must have found it impossible to comprehend the dialogue as the sound reverberated round and round. Most unusual of all was attempting to perform Punch & Judy mid-Atlantic on The Empress of France en route to Canada during what was called a 'light swell'. The liner was flat-bottomed (in order to be able to navigate the St Lawrence River) so it rolled back and forth. The booth managed to stay upright, but I recall a set of drums fell of the stage and rolled across the dance-floor. That's enough from me. Ray -----Original Message----- From: puptcrit-bounces-AT-puptcrit.org [mailto:puptcrit-bounces-AT-puptcrit.org] On Behalf Of John Dudley Sent: 21 July 2009 09:59 To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: [Puptcrit] Unusual places to perform Hi have a feeling reading these unusual places to perform that many of us have shared similar experiences. I have been booked into a Sainsbury supermarket in the U.K. for 3 consecutive years by the Store Manager promoting charity for Children in Need. Not exactly my favourite spot to perform with busy shoppers. I was also booked for two consecutive years in a local Parish Church to present Tales of Claudia Witch in Rumbles Wood in front of the High Altar for their Sunday School Treat. All part of life's rich pattern. John The Dudley Telepuppets _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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