A night at the Operetta

Our local village has more than one dramatic arts group to join - if only I had the time!!!!

The Gilber and Sullivan group have just finished a run of the GONDOLIERS and we knew 4 people in it so went along to see it.

Hearing that the theatre at the local school was hard to find we set off early to walk there giving us plenty of time. As we neared the gate I realised that the tickets had fallen out of my pocket and had to retrace my steps all the way back to the house to find them.

Our early start soon disappeared and saw us sheepishly scampering across the front of the auditorium to the last remaining seats just before the pianist started the Overture.

The show was very good even if a large section of the cast are a bit long in the tooth to be playing 'fair maidens' or 'handsome suitors'!

I think in fact that my inability to join the group because of my shifts may be a good thing: don't think my acting skills would allow me to even pretend to be romantically interested in someone old enough to have knitted my first cardigan!