Flamenco Express Diary

Silky slick efficiency from the entire team at the Queen’s, from booking the date through the marketing operation to the performance of the technicians. Thanks to Jim and Alex, and to the front of house team.
Our first visit and hopefully not our last.
And an audience which knew really how to enjoy itself. And a modern audirorium with a crisp but warm acoustic, and a lively stage. And from a personal point of view, a theatre in which a journey from the dressing rooms to the front of house didn’t invariably end up in the car park - which can happen.
All this plus an ecological signature species for a theatre pet.

Another of the many pretty little theatres on the British regional circuit. Performing over the sea in a high wind was a new experience for most of the company, but the sheer gentility and elegance of the Pavilion seemed to defy the storm with sheer style, and the howling wind was tamed to provide a perfect soundscape for the timeless passion of flamenco. The music inside the theatre was as intense as the raging wind outside. God was our FX man that night.
Thanks to Jim and Roy for doing everything He couldn’t.

And to make the night almost perfect, Spain beat Italy in the semi-finals of Euro 2008. We had tried, with some determination, to book an Italian restaurant for supper after the show, where we could share the second half in a culturally meaningful way. But all in vain. All were closed. And don’t think we don’t know why. Vergogna sugli ospiti di Worthing. To have sipped Sambuca dei Cesari as the winning penalty sliced home would have been perfection. For us, anyway.

In the end we had to make do with a very nice pub, followed by a very nice Indian restaurant. But it wasn’t the same.
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Jesus at the half hour.

Seafront Worthing

Taking Shelter

© flamenco express 2008

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Ana de los Reyes and Chris Mullett.

The lovely Little Theatre, Sheringham. Our third visit, and as much fun as ever.
Someone once said that civilisation could be summd up in the word ‘welcome’.
The Little Theatre, Sheringham may well be little, but it is very civilised.