Category: Planet Blog
Splats Theatre A Midsummer Night’s Dream actually performed in the woods…
This is Rammy spoke to Paul Jenkins of Splats Theatre Company who are going to be performing a version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Summerseat Woods. The tickets for the event, if they have not all sold out by the time of this podcast are available at Ramsbottom Library (link below) for £7…
Battle of Waterloo 200th Anniversary today
Coming from the town of Waterlooville the battle of Waterloo was always present in my childhood imagination but I found later that it wasn’t only those brave few who held they’re nerve in front charging horses that won the battle. The legend of our town went that these soldier disembarked from Portsmouth, drank their wages up the hill and…
What Shakespeare can teach us about The Magna Carta and Historical drama
Driving home with my family from a theme park I suddenly swerved and shouted ‘Runnymede.’ I regained control of the car. My family asked perplexed what was up. ‘This is Runnymede, where the Magna Carta was signed’ I yelped. ‘The what???!!!’ they asked. ‘The Magna Carta, the big paper, you know when the Barons and…
Moments
Watch our very own Aron Trausti star in this new play ‘ Moments’ an exciting premiere of this fascinating Icelandic play. Visit crouchendfestival.org
The Tempest Glamis adventure playground
Go and see this site specific production by our very own Mark Duncan of ‘The Tempest’ by William Shakespeare. It is a really inventive interpretation in an adventure playground. Catch it over the next two weekends and it’s free.
Peter Brooks A Midsummer’s Night Dream
Have a listen to this amazing talk with Peter Brook about his groundbreaking production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. What it helps us understand is how the view of Shakespeare’s play as historically fixed entities has opened up, that we set can them anywhere . As Judi Dench says’ you can’t mess about with Chekov,…
Why does 10 Downing street prove that history for schools can be silly as well as horrid.
How many times have you seen a politician going in or out of number 10 Downing street? Is the number 10 straight? Why are the walls black? Are all the chairs perfectly lined up in the Cabinet Room? Whose picture is everyone given a postcard of when leaving? What does it say about the British?…
Les Kiriki – Acrobates Japonais – 1907
Great imagination and theatrical fun Can you work out how this is done? Les Kiriki – Acrobates
Storytelling and our reponsibility
Just reading Bernard Cribbins talk about children’s TV being too fast and noisy made me think of a very thought provoking article written by the late, great Oliver Postgate of Bagpuss fame. In this article entitled DOES CHILDREN’S TELEVISION MATTER? Oliver Postgate concludes, Finally, let me offer you the following serious thought. Suppose, if you…
