This started at 7 pm so was bound to be for the younger element in society! However, undeterred we went, saw and enjoyed. I thought it was acted extremely well and very funny, other people obviously didn’t agree and 3 couples walked out part way through it – how rude! It was based on a book by Edward Gorey which I haven’t heard of but from the play I suspect it is a children’s book written in rhyme. A bit like ‘Old friend Toad’ for those who remember him ‘walking down the road’.
When an uninvited and strangely fantastical creature finds its way into a very normal household, its pure existence wreaks havoc. As it challenges their strict routines and descends the family into chaos, they search desperately for ways of dealing with the peculiar behaviour of their doubtful guest. A humorous and sinister tale of adolescence and mayhem; this is a conveniently curious comedy for anyone who is (or knows!) a mischievous misfit. I think I will look out for it and others by him in second hand bookshops. He wrote around 70 books, not all for children, and died in 1999. His house is open to the public in Cape Cod.
As J and I are on holiday this week we went to the Owld Barn (no, Mandy it is not a spelling mistake) for lunch. Toasted ham & cheese for J and home made mushroom & onion soup for me. Followed by date and walnut loaf (homemade) and hot chocolate with cream/coffee for afters! We felt so full that we didn’t have tea until we returned from the theatre!
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