From: "Mervyn Millar" <mervmillar-AT-mail.com>
Subject: RE: PUPT: Maybe They're Right . . .
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:05:53 +0100


> well, although I heard that the Little Angel theatre had closed. Is
> this true?

Yes, but there is a campaign to raise enough funds for it to reopen. Have a
look, at www.littleangeltheatre.com. They can use your help - voices from
over the water can be quite loud..

Arts funding discussion, anyone? Only joking.

Merv



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> [mailto:owner-puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu]On Behalf Of Robert
> Smythe
> Sent: 13 August 2002 16:54
> To: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> Subject: Re: PUPT: Maybe They're Right . . .
>
>
>
> >Certainly in England that's pretty much the case.  Most people think of
> >puppetry as being Punch and Judy, and maybe the Muppets, and a rather
> >bloodless version of Punch at that.  Where I live in the Midlands, the
> >Midland Art Centre puts on a yearly puppet festival of sorts, but much
> >of that is aimed t children.  The same conservative attitude also
> >applies  to other folk art forms, unfortunately.  The high art/low art
> >division is alive and well here, I'm afraid.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Mark
>
> I once asked Penny Francis about touring in England and she put me
> right off it, I'm afraid. "No one here thinks puppetry is anything
> that one should have to pay for," she said (do your own version of
> Penny, if you like). Her point was that, in the mind of the average
> Brit, puppetry is something found at the seaside at holiday time. You
> certainly wouldn't think about going inside for it.
>
> On the other hand, companies like Faulty Optic seem to be doing quite
> well, although I heard that the Little Angel theatre had closed. Is
> this true?
> --
> Robert Smythe
> Artistic Director
> Mum Puppettheatre
> 115 Arch Street
> Philadelphia, PA 19106-2000
>
> robertsmythe-AT-mumpuppet.org
> http://www.mumpuppet.org
>
>
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