Thursday 6 December 2012

"Awesome" performance

This afternoon I saw three actors, scant props, simple music and a well crafted plot - all from Theatre Alibi - grip tight an audience of teachers, teaching assistants, a school governor and about 150 school children at Willowbrook Primary School.
Just a standard school hall. Gym mats. Fluorescent lighting. And the acoustics... well... hmmmm...
But such a gripping performance.
"Just keep going, because it's worth it, what you're doing"
 For everyone, the hall faded away as the actors drew us all into their "Cabbage Heart" world.

Thanks to funding from Exeter City Council, Devon County Council and the Arts Council England South West, children who might never before have experienced the magic of simple, direct, high quality theatre all felt, as one boy said, "It was awesome!"

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