Saturday 10 October 2015

Week 8-9

Here details our twelve day stretch of West Country venues. A bit of a marathon to have so many shows without a day off, but alas this is the job.

I don't particularly feel like going into much detail about the venues. I suppose this reflects a light shade of ambivalence towards National Heritage sites that we've moved towards. I suppose that this is natural given the number we've visited. They are all pretty similar after the two dozen...big, ornate old house with a bit of an aristocratic story, full of somewhat creepy portraits and old furniture. Lovely, well-kept gardens. Maybe a nice view of the surrounding countryside.

Todd's posture of ambivalence

Instead I'll write a quick line about each with a couple of key memorable points.


Bradley Manor
Garden of a little 14th century house which was managed by an elderly brother and sister duo who lived there. They were very accomodating and even threw us a little drinks reception after we'd finished the show. It was...an experience.


Trelissick Gardens
An outstanding site with beautiful gardens and views overlooking the Cornish coast. Great climbing tree. I managed to catch the following moment of improvisational ensemble genius:





Brandon Hill
A park right in the heart of Bristol city centre. Went on BBC Radio Bristol with Todd to publicise the show. As ever lovely to be in a city...good drinks afterwards, late night pizza and some fierce dancing in a nightclub with some real queens.





Tyntesfield Park
Nice bloke was taking care of us called Seb who bought us a great picnic.




Bishops Palace
Located in Wells...England's smallest city. Great lunch with chips. Got to watch the Community Shield in which Arsenal beat Chelsea. Lovely moat around the whole place. And some choice wicker animals.


Fyne Court
Small little venue next to a field with some cows. Top notch salad. Had a go at recording the songs for posterity.

Killerton
A fighter jet flew low over the stage during my first scene (whilst onstage with JP) and it was freaking awesome.


Pentillie Castle
This wasn't a castle. More of a posh hotel. Nice view of the neighbouring river valley. It rained. We got paella post show. Epic.


Kingston Lacy
JP had a lovely sleep in a lounger there. Classic house. Superb ploughman's lunch.


Dyrham Park
Two shows here in this lovely grounds 20 minutes north of Bath. Leisure time in Bath...otherwise known as heavy-drinking time. Hangovers ensued...
"I love you man"



Hatfield House
Lunch here was truly the best we've had. Roast beef and trimmings. Ice cream. Pure class. We set our stage on the edge of the grounds and not by the house which was a shame. Lincoln family were visiting. So so so hot - massive crowd cooking in the sun.

As you can see our day's are usually most discernibly defined by the food that's provided for us!


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