Thirty Days Meme: Day 21 - Titus Andronicus

Our third trip to Stratford-upon-Avon in four weeks.  Despite its reputation I enjoyed seeing Titus Andronicus.  Yes, there was plenty of blood and gore, but it didn't really bother me.  I suppose because it's obvious that the actor hasn't just been killed horribly.  At least they were there alive for the curtain call.  Which can't really be called a curtain call since it's a thrust stage and therefore there are no curtains.  That was one of the things I enjoyed - the performance made good use of the opportunity to use different levels, so that the action wasn't just on the stage, but in the gallery above, very effective.

And just for something different, while we were at the theatre I booked our tickets to see Wendy & Peter Pan on December 23rd.  This is our Christmas present to ourselves.  Last year we went to the pantomime at the Bristol Hippodrome, but I think I shall enjoy this more.

But before that I shall be back in Stratford at the beginning of November, when I'm seeing Richard II with a group of friends.  David Tennant is taking the role of Richard and I shall be interested to see how he approaches it.  I saw John Heffernan in the role a few years ago; he was really good and I wonder how David Tennant will compare - I think my fear is that his performance will be similar to other times I've seen him and it becomes DT playing Richard II.

Incidentally, Ben Whishaw played Richard II in the BBC Hollow Crown series.  And I'm seeing him, with different friends in Mojo, also in November.