LWCC on tour

As You Like It has finally been laid to rest after three more fabulous performances. On Friday July 17 we took part in the Serendipity Festival in Knighton. The rain meant we weren’t able to perform outside but we managed to dress the community centre to create a cosy space for the hardy audience who braved the weather to attend. There was filming going on and we were told that we would probably end up on Youtube so it’s worth watching out for us there! Saturday July 18 saw us back in our Living Willow Theatre home base where we had added an extra date due to popular demand. Once more the theatre was packed (with a few fans making a return visit - thank you!) and the weather did us proud.

Finally, and perhaps leaving the best till last, Sunday July 19 had us booked for a promenade matinee performance at the gorgeous Llowes Court in Clyro. The morning dawned misty and wet, and the cast trudged around the fantastic grounds for a couple of hours getting drenched as we plotted the various scenes, quite believing that we were going to end up inside the cafe! Then, miraculously, half an hour before the “curtain” was due to go up, the rain stopped, the sun peeped out and we were off. It was truly a magical show with Celia and Rosalind entering onto the lawns through grand court gates, Orlando being banished imperiously from a high turret, the audience literally being led on a journey into a wild wood exile and a finale quadruple wedding in a “return to civilisation” formally hedged court. Nature was definitely on our side, to the extent that as the play drew to the close the sun beautifully and kindly shone a spotlight on Rosalind for her epilogue - Hymen and the gods were truly present! It was an enchanting end to a production that we have all been enchanted by.

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