This weekend I mixed business with pleasure with business. First and foremost, it was a time to catch up with friends old and new. The Tygers, Rowena Davies community theatre company is producing A Midsummer Night's Dream, which is being performed at in the open-air at Blackfriars Priory. With my old am dram society well and truly fractured by mis-management and money troubles, it is good to know that there is still a thriving theatre focus to my visits. I can't really offer The Tyger's anything other than support - London has been my home for nearly 20 years - but I can make the odd hat/prop/accessory and enjoy the banter of the disparate company members.
I was delivering the fairy crowns that I'd made and they had to be fitted to each of the actors and I had to complete Puck's little percher, which I completed on my first morning. I was also polishing off the asses head for Bottom, which I was especially proud of. I also ended up creating a fairy bower for Titania and accessories for Oberon too.
Rowena has a vast array of crafting products, materials and costumes - all sourced on a tight budget - so it was a great opportunity to bounce ideas around with her about the look of the show. Another hot topic was its second annual production of Macbeth, which is taking place at Halloween. The auditions were held on Sunday and I was invited to sit on the panel and I have to admit that it was intriguing to see who would be wearing the crowns this year.
The whole weekend was not about theatre and thankfully I was able to catch up with David and Katherine in Longlevens and see their lovely home. David was - and still is - a talented fine-artist and I found his work with acrylics inspirational. I am sure I shall see them again soon - hopefully at The Dream, but until then I feel fuelled enough to experiment some more. It was also good to catch up with Andy Doyle too, who popped by on Saturday night where we sat until the early hours, chewing the fat and reliving old times.
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