Wellow’s first live outdoor theatre performance by a professional touring company from Cornwall was a great success. On 13th July 2016 Calderon’s Life’s a Dream was performed by the Miracle Theatre Company in front of an audience of over 200. They brought chairs and a picnic to enjoy before this epic fable of love, war and destiny.
The play was packed with action, drama and passion and had a generous seam of comedy. The cast involved the audience at various stages and they even managed to fit in the surprise appearance of a Hercules aircraft when it flew overhead!
It was a real community event – a team of volunteers dressed the field with bunting, gazebos and flares and helped the cast to unload the staging from their pink six seater touring van. The youngsters of the village made themselves useful by serving the workers with tea and refreshments and then helped to carry the audience’s bulging picnic bags. After the performance the cast were invited to the Fox & Badger before being escorted by torchlight to the three homes who generously provided overnight accommodation.
Many thanks are due to all those who helped under the watchful eye of the two main organisers, Ron and Sheilagh Humphreys.
Here are just a few of the many comments received from happy outdoor theatre go-ers – with a general view that this should be the first of an series of annual events.
‘What an amazing evening you organised last night, it was a HUGE success! Such a versatile cast and a very amusing play enjoyed by all.’
‘I just wanted to say what a fantastic evening! I came with Ollie (9) and Kitty (7) who both were captivated even thought my
‘Great event Ron, you are to be congratulated on a fantastic outcome – a product of all the effort that you and Sheilagh put in. Highlight for me was when the beam of sunlight shone across the stage to show what a beautiful country we live in. Also the improvisation when the Hercules flew over when they were surveying the skyline.’
‘Well done. What a fantastic night all round the play was extremely well acted, interesting, humorous and fun but above all a great tribute to your organisational excellence.’
‘I wanted to congratulate you on yesterday’s wonderful theatrical experience. I think it will go down in the annals of Wellow history as a great event. What a HUGE turnout … where did they all come from?? You should both feel jolly pleased with yourselves for pulling it off in such spectacular style.’
‘We really enjoyed the play on Wednesday evening and we just want to say a big ‘Thank You’ to you (and all your helpers) for having the inspiration to conceive the idea and the tenacity to pull it off.’
‘Great event Ron, you are to be congratulated on a fantastic outcome – a product of all the effort that you and Sheilagh put in. Highlight for me was when the beam of sunlight shone across the stage to show what a beautiful country we live in. Also the improvisation when the Hercules flew over when they were surveying the skyline.’
‘Well done. What a fantastic night all round the play was extremely well acted, interesting, humorous and fun but above all a great tribute to your organisational excellence.’
‘I wanted to congratulate you on yesterday’s wonderful theatrical experience. I think it will go down in the annals of Wellow history as a great event. What a HUGE turnout … where did they all come from?? You should both feel jolly pleased with yourselves for pulling it off in such spectacular style.’
‘We really enjoyed the play on Wednesday evening and we just want to say a big ‘Thank You’ to you (and all your helpers) for having the inspiration to conceive the idea and the tenacity to pull it off.’