Good morning happy Tuesday! Here is some news we should have mentioned a year ago (well, in 2009)!
2010 has come upon us fast but our last month of 2009 was a busy one… We were lucky enough for the egg, Theatre Royal Bath to ask us to be part of the creative team for their 2009 Christmas/Winter show: writer Toby Hulse, director Lee Lyford and designer Hayley Grindle’s interpretation of the classic Jules Verne novel, Around the World in 80 Days.
So we said “yes!” and had our first proper experience of being involved in putting together a theatre production. We loved every, well most, minutes of it; everybody we worked with was brilliant, it was a massive amount of hard work and we have learned loads and loads and LOADS! An important lesson being that we really enjoy creating theatre!
We’ll post a full write up soon, but safe to say, after a struggle of working crazy hours; long days with little sleep for the majority of people involved, it turned out amazingly well! An ingenious, entertaining, hour and a half full of talent and fun!
The show has been running since December and has received great reviews from the national press. Check out the quotes and photos below for a taster. We also got 4 star reviews in The Times and the Guardian this week, though we would recommend you don’t read it until you’ve seen the show, as they do contain a bunch of spoilers!
Good news is, you’ve still got time to check it out; it’s running until the 16th January at the egg, Bath, so if you’re nearby, make sure you go see it before it’s too late!
We thoroughly recommend it! We’ve enjoyed every one of our, at least 15, viewings and we’ll see you there on Saturday night if you can make it :)
Oh yeah and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope you are all enjoying 2010, we’re look forward to getting more involved in massive projections for public consumption :) xx
“What a delight… this is old-fashioned storytelling in the best sense”
The Guardian ★★★★
“A Lovely Show”
The Times ★★★★“This was always going to be a riot… What a trip”
Venue ★★★★★“This is a fast-paced, irresistible round-the-world romp, packed full of mayhem and melodrama and guaranteed to raise a smile”
British Theatre Guide“Oh What fun this is… pure joy”
The Bath Chronicle“The clever mix of movie image and live actors is superbly enhanced by Hayley Grindle’s stage within a stage”
The Stage
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