Lottie has reviewed Party at the End of the World
Last week was the first time I’ve ever done a blog for Yew Tree and now here I am again, doing another one the very next week! This time though, I’m not going to be talking about our wonderful, and slightly mad, Sapphire sessions, I’m going to be talking about The Party at the End of the World! As usual, me and Hannah jumped at any chance we got to have our little fill of Yew Tree after finishing for the summer already and coming to Nostell Priory to watch The Party at the End of the World was our perfect opportunity. To give you a little background information, the play is set in 1914 and follows Rowland Winn on the last day of his 21st birthday party (yes, he had multiple days for the occasion!). We got to meet a range of different characters, from the groundkeeper’s son to Chorus girls from London to ambitious maids! All of these characters were taken on by different members of Yew Tree and all of them were absolutely spectacular! I can’t credit the cast enough as even when some extremely noisy birds tried their best to interrupt our viewing, they carried on and made the play thoroughly enjoyable. A gathering of us sat on our blankets and chairs in front of the extremely grand building and as the play was performed in front of it, it added a sense of reality and truth to the events we were watching. The way the play was written and how the actors carried it out really made it seem as though we were there, in 1914, catching a glance of what life was like in such a time. Thankfully, as we were outside, the weather pulled through for us and made the night even more special – not a drop of rain fell!! For anyone who didn’t come, I hope you know you missed an absolute treat! I’d also like to thank anyone involved in The Party at the End of the World for brightening my otherwise quite dull Friday night.
Last week was the first time I’ve ever done a blog for Yew Tree and now here I am again, doing another one the very next week! This time though, I’m not going to be talking about our wonderful, and slightly mad, Sapphire sessions, I’m going to be talking about The Party at the End of the World! As usual, me and Hannah jumped at any chance we got to have our little fill of Yew Tree after finishing for the summer already and coming to Nostell Priory to watch The Party at the End of the World was our perfect opportunity. To give you a little background information, the play is set in 1914 and follows Rowland Winn on the last day of his 21st birthday party (yes, he had multiple days for the occasion!). We got to meet a range of different characters, from the groundkeeper’s son to Chorus girls from London to ambitious maids! All of these characters were taken on by different members of Yew Tree and all of them were absolutely spectacular! I can’t credit the cast enough as even when some extremely noisy birds tried their best to interrupt our viewing, they carried on and made the play thoroughly enjoyable. A gathering of us sat on our blankets and chairs in front of the extremely grand building and as the play was performed in front of it, it added a sense of reality and truth to the events we were watching. The way the play was written and how the actors carried it out really made it seem as though we were there, in 1914, catching a glance of what life was like in such a time. Thankfully, as we were outside, the weather pulled through for us and made the night even more special – not a drop of rain fell!! For anyone who didn’t come, I hope you know you missed an absolute treat! I’d also like to thank anyone involved in The Party at the End of the World for brightening my otherwise quite dull Friday night.
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