Lazin' on a summer afternoon....

I had a lovely Sunday afternoon, sitting in the sun, having a picnic and watching a rather good rendition of Midsummer Night's Dream.
It was all in the aid of charity, and the cast of Bard in Botanics ( http://www.bardinthebotanics.org/) gave their time and afternoon off for free ( NB all contributions gratefully accepted).
Apart from the fact they performed exceptionally well, our Director, Gordon, had done a brilliant job of having only 5 actors. It certainly kept our brains in gear, as Hermia also played Titania,Oberon etc etc - you get the idea. It was a pretty physical performance which used a lot of tricks to make the audience understand what was happening. Everyone enjoyed it.

http://living.scotsman.com/performing.cfm?id=974822007

Even more interesting is going to be Othello with only 5 actors, from next week. I can't help but feel small acting companies are the way forward. The London Theatres are presently swamped with musicals, who have the big budgets and the pulling power. We need a counterbalance or The Theatre, as we know it in this country, will eventually disappear.