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Monday 25 June 2018

Midsummer Magic with the Neighbours

This weekend we enjoyed a little midsummer magic, an open air production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' on Midsummer Day, early evening.   Warm weather, beautiful setting, excellent acting.



Our wonderful cast, not a great photograph but this was the cast taking a final bow.

A cast of eight put on a magical and entertaining performance for an audience of at least two hundred people, including a couple of dozen local people.    

Each actor played at least two roles, most had three, so you can imagine the number of costume changes they had to make - all done in a little gazebo erected between the back of the stage and the bird enclosures at the back.    The peacocks, confined for the night, found it very entertaining and put on a display of their own.

My six year-old granddaughter led the laughter, she was spellbound for the whole time - and not by the peacocks.    She created a little magic for the company,  her completely honest reaction to the buffoonery within the play seemed to give some adults permission to relax and enjoy things, too.   

Her ten year old brother was more restrained, though he delighted in some of the slightly more risque jokes.      

Well done to the cast and well done to our friends at the watermill.  It was their first venture into offering some evening entertainment and it was brilliant - helped by this unusually fine spell of warm weather.         

Many people opted to take food with them, but even more took advantage of the watermill's new pizza oven - orders were being delivered at a rate of knots.      Their investment seems to be paying off and I am delighted for them.    

The couple took the place over four or five years ago and they have worked tirelessly since then.  Investing so much of themselves into the place, trying to be creative and yet not tread on the toes of the village pub.

They have invested in an outdoor cinema set-up so, if the good weather continues through the summer, we can look forward to some very nice evenings out.   The next theatre production is 'Alice in Wonderland', not a great favourite of mine, but I will be there.

At the end of the evening we were able to just pick up and fold our chairs then walk the couple of hundred yards down the lane to home.   Perfect!      




I am way behind on replying to comments, visiting blogs - sorry.    A pesky and persistent headache has kept me resting; I was determined not to let it grow into a full-blown migraine, I didn't want to miss the theatre production. 


24 comments:

  1. Sorry you aren't feeling well, but happy that you had such a smashing time at the play! Sounds like fun!

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  2. Thank goodness for wonderful weather and good entertainment.

    It all sounds brilliant.

    Get well soon

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    1. It was a really nice treat. I got up this morning and found the headache had gone. I hope your tooth is settling down and that little Florence is home and well.

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  3. So sorry you aren't feeling up to snuff at the moment, perhaps the hot weather? Drink lots of water, that might help clear the headaches.
    What a super play to see and on the right day/night, too!
    Margaret P

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    1. Thank you, Margaret. I feel better today, the headache took itself away sometime during the night. The play was great fun.

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  4. What a totally delightful evening! And how nice to have something like this close at hand. It is true, isn't it, that children can help us remember how to relax and have fun.

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    1. Through the eyes of a child - uncomplicated and honest! It was a comedy and she 'got' it.

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  5. What a wonderful evening!!!!

    Nothing like a young child's spontaneous reaction, to 'set the stage' for more full, adult reaction. Great! This troop would probably like her, to be at every performance. :-)

    I had forgotten that the Water Mill was a business. So wise of them, to not try to compete with the local pub. But to offer their own speciality.

    And to offer live theater and film. It sounds quite wonderful, for the village. And for the surrounding area.

    Please concentrate on resting. And on not letting the headache take hold, for real. Don't worry about reading/commenting. I'd not think that, would be helpful, at all.

    Return, when you are all well again...

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    1. It did turn into a migraine, but last night it finally let go of my head and tiptoed away, Luna. I am back to normal, though i will be taking things easy for a day or two. Good to hear that your granddaughter was met and escorted to Lincoln - I hope the trains were not too much of a problem. We are still bathed in sunshine and warmth, although over here (nearer the coast) is a little cooler. I hope she has the most wonderful time.

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  6. What a magical evening had by all, by the sound of things.

    Migraine... I remember them so well. I seem to have grown out of them... the ageing process, don’t you know? Well, it HAS to have some benefits...

    LX

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    1. It was very special indeed, Linda.
      I seem to be the opposite of you, migraines have only become a problem as I have aged. :( Dash it!

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  7. My son helps out at the local theater and is working on their present production, I ended up getting helping out by making some of the props

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  8. What a charming evening and nice it was so close to home!

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    1. It was definitely enhanced by proximity, but it really was a magical production.

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  9. Well, kudos to the actors and some more to the audience.

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    1. It was one of those special evenings, Joanne. Mind you, Frankie was a bit tired the next morning!

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  10. Truly midsummer magic. What a terrific show and a good audience by the sounds of it. Hope you get to enjoy more during the summer.
    Perastika...may your headache quickly pass

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    1. Thank you, Linda. I feel human today, thank goodness. Alice in Wonderland should be a good one, certainly fun for the family - just have to get working on the weather again, book a fine, dry evening in for that day!

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  11. just what villages should do..come together and have fun!

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    1. It takes quite something to get people to attend events around here, those who did had a great time and are looking forward to the next.

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  12. I thought the photograph that you took was wonderful, with the rays of the sun slanting down like that?

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    1. Thank you, vic. I used a special photograph programme to add that effect, it was sheer luck that it came out in the right place first time, because by then I was feeling really unwell! Glad you like it, it was worth the effort.

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