Well, Macbeth was fantastic. As I said, it was performed in a cave and "in promenade". The cave was bloody freezing (but we had been warned about this and therefore taken along warm clothes). But the play was spectacular. Witches work particularly well in a cave! They had cut the play down so that it only lasted an hour but all the essential bits were there. The cast were unknown but very good once you got used to a Macbeth with an Irish accent.
But they all appeared all over the cave and also in and amongst the audience (about 25 of us). Macbeth was stood right in front of me looking into my eyes whilst he was saying that he was about to slaughter the wife and kids of Macduff. Honestly, a chill ran down my spine. It just made it all seem more real then when it happens at a distance on the stage. Really good. And the acoustics were excellent.
And what a revelation Buxton is. Really pretty little town an hour's train journey away. It has an Opera House that puts on real opera (as well as loads of Gilbert & Sullivan) and a brilliant little cocktail bar called Monk which makes a mean vodka martini and has a cute manager called Mike. I suspect we'll be back.
Marina Abramovich tonight at The Lowry which will, I expect, be a whole other kettle of fish. The Times loved it though. Incidentally am thinking of stopping reading The Times and switching to the Independent stable of papers. Surely they can't all be corrupt? Anyway, that's all. J x
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