Have recently spent two whole weeks down in sunny St Ives!
Visited the Minack Theatre twice and thankfully neither day was so scorchingly hot as to be uncomfortable! The Newport Playgoers performed a fabulous account of UnderMilk Wood, the Dylan Thomas play for voices. Just the right amount of action to support the text, and some great acting! In the second week we saw Surrey Opera perform The Merry Wives of Windsor. Front row seats meant we could almost see the singers' vocal chords! Again a brilliant performance!
Unfortunately the play we were going to see in St Ives itself was postponed due to illness in the cast, but we did manage to see a spectacular performance of Cole Porter's Anything Goes by Kidz R Us on the opening night. Their staging of Aladdin was also brilliant, with some very simple, but clever stage effects.
Another highlight for me was the trip on the Scillonian to the Scilly Isles, St Mary's specifically. Beautiful, tranquil with stunning views and birds so tame they will eat out of your hand! The ferry trip itself was fascinating, especially to be able see places we'd been to from a completely differnet angle!
A trip to St Michael's Mount was also quite a treat as the day I went there were lots of bands playing, a shcool choir and orchestra, the Mount's Bay Singers, a barbershop quartet and the Apollo Male Voice Choir, amonsgt others - and all for free. A walk up to the house itself, an icecream and live music - all in all a perfect day out!
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