Back to the daily slog of coming in to Cambridge although once I'm here it is just a delight! My new office (aka Starbucks and the Central Library) provide me with a very nice working environment. And the rich array of eccentric people really add something.
Unfortunately, the new year has bought a nasty surprise with it. Some of our loyal theatres that have booked our shows for over 10 years no longer want our work unless it is new! I had hoped that Andy would get a break from building shows but that is obviously not going to happen. I sometimes worry that I'm doing something wrong in my management. We never get a run of more than 4 shows and yet theatres won't have an older show back even after a gap of three years. When it takes Andy over 3 months to build a show then it doesn't make sense if a theatre will only put it on once. I wonder if it is time for Widdershins to ditch the big sets and lavish puppets and go minimalist. I want children to experience beautiful theatre not only in perfomance but in production. We are so proud of our shows and everyone seems to love looking at everything after the show but if theatre programmers only want new then this will have to stop.
If anyone out there lives near Norden Farm, Maidenhead or The Junction, Cambridge then perhaps you wouldn't mind sending their programmers a friendly email telling them that you would like to see 'Rapunzel & The Tower of Doom' at their theatre?
1 comment:
That is sad. I wonder if you could create new shows using some of your existing (amazing) puppets... that way, you'd get a bit more mileage out of each show? Keep up the amazing work!
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