Alice documenting admirably the events of the day...
So, today we were at Sandal Castle.
There were battle re-enactments, falconry shows, doughnuts in abundance, countless hot drinks, waterproofs left right and centre and a pretty good youth theatre.
All these things promised a brilliant day and I’ll be honest the falconry didn’t disappoint...ha
In August we began devising a play to be performed at today’s event telling the story of the battle of Wakefield. It was a challenge not to include myth or folklore as fact, it was a challenge to create such a horrible thing such as the battle scene with integrity and it was a challenge to tell a story so difficult to relate to.
By the end of last night’s rehearsal we had overcome these threats to our performance but little did we know there would be a brand new battle to fight today.
We arrived to a blustery, drizzling and subsequently cold sandal castle...
Gutted.
The first performance was the rainiest but with a few costume alterations to keep warmer and comfier we soldiered on (see what i did there...) to perform twice more.
There’s no way I’d spend that long in those conditions if it was for anyone else but Yew Tree.
But I wanted to, because each time it was so well received by people and each time everyone stopped moaning and to quote Joanna ‘cracked on innit’
To overuse a phrase: we manned up.
So essentially this blog is a self indulgent, virtual high five to everyone who performed today and a special cheers to Lydia for being our unsung mascot.
So, today we were at Sandal Castle.
There were battle re-enactments, falconry shows, doughnuts in abundance, countless hot drinks, waterproofs left right and centre and a pretty good youth theatre.
All these things promised a brilliant day and I’ll be honest the falconry didn’t disappoint...ha
In August we began devising a play to be performed at today’s event telling the story of the battle of Wakefield. It was a challenge not to include myth or folklore as fact, it was a challenge to create such a horrible thing such as the battle scene with integrity and it was a challenge to tell a story so difficult to relate to.
By the end of last night’s rehearsal we had overcome these threats to our performance but little did we know there would be a brand new battle to fight today.
We arrived to a blustery, drizzling and subsequently cold sandal castle...
Gutted.
The first performance was the rainiest but with a few costume alterations to keep warmer and comfier we soldiered on (see what i did there...) to perform twice more.
There’s no way I’d spend that long in those conditions if it was for anyone else but Yew Tree.
But I wanted to, because each time it was so well received by people and each time everyone stopped moaning and to quote Joanna ‘cracked on innit’
To overuse a phrase: we manned up.
So essentially this blog is a self indulgent, virtual high five to everyone who performed today and a special cheers to Lydia for being our unsung mascot.
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